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Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1728125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-42236523728358975112024-03-14T08:00:00.049-04:002024-03-14T12:04:08.192-04:00Release Blitz: Hidden Games - by Brandy Silver | #NewAdult #SportsRomance | @agarcia6510<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1BI2bWKqcRvrYo0VlEembYKGWCOq6LpushlvdUv8QQxgGYdpVyxsNNHuRB6QDk4i4KddSD0KHZ7yLnUekr9VbAzS255oZzp25o870rnQQWpvEzxsqNPAG0oxYYpTD5QGzmQ1hyphenhyphenTAzDg-Jl1E75irGTjTGchHYW4o85zHcBcxIyJqv31GgSbVnWkMi-im/w434-h166/HIDDEN%20GAMES%20RDB%20BANNER.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="434" /></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-57655622483615306" itemprop="articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 660.036px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Title: <b>Hidden Games </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hallowed Saints University, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Author: <b>Brandy Silver</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Genre: New Adult, Sports Romance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Publication Date: Mar. 14, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hosted by: <a href="about:blank" style="color: #96607d;">Lady Amber's PR</a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiD-JULeRCZZlh2OdSfvnZdl10y-s3d0R-cGar-voHSri25LDUi3R06F37-0cGkp-SYXJ8Z10IbSU-S1tfz_KEbwoF14QTPNUgzHD0dVzGFCxDcMTyufHsFeXDlpbw9K3WrkLZbRunKP7-JKqFVDoRHZHbkNAo3406vwW1ynoIYAOTlrBc-VctSKERbr6k/s2700/HiddenGames_Ebook.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiD-JULeRCZZlh2OdSfvnZdl10y-s3d0R-cGar-voHSri25LDUi3R06F37-0cGkp-SYXJ8Z10IbSU-S1tfz_KEbwoF14QTPNUgzHD0dVzGFCxDcMTyufHsFeXDlpbw9K3WrkLZbRunKP7-JKqFVDoRHZHbkNAo3406vwW1ynoIYAOTlrBc-VctSKERbr6k/w266-h400/HiddenGames_Ebook.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="266" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Blurb:<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><b><i>I’ve lost everything... but now the reigning king on campus threatens to destroy what's left.</i></b><br /><br />After tragedy strikes, a scholarship to Hallowed Saints University could be my salvation.<br /><br />As the poor scholarship student among the rich and privileged, my plan is simple.<br /><br />Ace senior year.<br /><br />Don’t get noticed.<br /><br />And steer clear of Carter Grisham.<br /><br />With his smoldering gaze, NFL-bound talent, and senator father, Carter is untouchable.<br /><br />And he’s convinced that I blackmailed my way into HSU.<br /><br />One misstep into his path and sparks ignite--revealing secrets we've both tried to keep from everyone.<br /><br />When stolen moments turn into something real, I find myself falling for a man who I'm not certain will catch me.<br /><br />I’ve already survived one life-altering loss. But Carter Grisham might just be the total destruction I never saw coming.</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-57655622483615306" itemprop="articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 660.036px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Hidden Games is a full-length stand-alone college football romance, including the following tropes--</span></span></i></b></span></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span class="a-text-bold"></span></span><o:p></o:p></span><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enemies-to-Lovers</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Secret Relationship</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jealousy</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mutual Pining</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Touch Her and Unalive</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p -0.25in="" 0in="" 12pt="" 49.5pt="" center="" class="MsoNormal" font-family:="" font-size:="" imes="" margin:="" new="" quot="" roman="" serif="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:="" text-indent:=""><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Found Family</span></span></i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://geni.us/HiddenGamesLAR">NOW LIVE!</a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208089261-hidden-games" style="color: blue; 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font-size: medium;">Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies, even as a little girl. When I was a toddler, my parents would read stories to me over and over. I would hear them so often that I had the books memorized and could recite the story word by word.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My favorite genres are fantasy, paranormal, and contemporary romance. So of course that's what I'm inclined to write.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I have a husband, two young daughters, and 2 mini Australian Shepherds. 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lucy Felthouse</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NVsmJ8GzyEZsqeBTAaf2nZPXy0ZslbgAQrF2kB45GIuxYESfQGroAQKGhIprL9MR8W3amZy8lGjqj2SfvSephb-Boa7HW2HmNLg9f8gg41fc8B7mprjoEUCYZg7bZ9tAW7lY4ZLOhyMt7eYIF474ZWYeqw3KQmLJqiTkNZMGl4zfIi4ikLulfhYwX2E/s2700/NotThatKindofWitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NVsmJ8GzyEZsqeBTAaf2nZPXy0ZslbgAQrF2kB45GIuxYESfQGroAQKGhIprL9MR8W3amZy8lGjqj2SfvSephb-Boa7HW2HmNLg9f8gg41fc8B7mprjoEUCYZg7bZ9tAW7lY4ZLOhyMt7eYIF474ZWYeqw3KQmLJqiTkNZMGl4zfIi4ikLulfhYwX2E/w426-h640/NotThatKindofWitch.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">The latest release from Lucy Felthouse, <i>Not That Kind of Witch</i> is a M/F steamy contemporary romance filled with fun and steam, which also tackles some serious topics. So if you’re looking for a hefty dollop of realism in your romance, then check this one out!</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ5W8a3FVlDHrdWeERV8hRBWSmu9DzlMPlUvgzc4c4C_d4zFsamNPP4Le9fGz4qB2-yemvJZRiMS7UecYxfAJED_ppriTFAW9xwZsPs8f4W-CIB7LvmQzRZTLxpEcs8n8WvVS17QoOnbFElFeu-4mjkAlhAD8jNWKzNd9Kp-HcuhwFZ7eN6ON6pX6lDc/s940/WMS%20Release%20Blitz%20Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ5W8a3FVlDHrdWeERV8hRBWSmu9DzlMPlUvgzc4c4C_d4zFsamNPP4Le9fGz4qB2-yemvJZRiMS7UecYxfAJED_ppriTFAW9xwZsPs8f4W-CIB7LvmQzRZTLxpEcs8n8WvVS17QoOnbFElFeu-4mjkAlhAD8jNWKzNd9Kp-HcuhwFZ7eN6ON6pX6lDc/w400-h335/WMS%20Release%20Blitz%20Button.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: white;"><b>Blurb:</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><i>Can Willow let go of her fears and begin living her life again, or will her issues get the better of her?</i></b><br /><br />Willow Green is having a hard time of it. Losing her job at the beginning of the pandemic and her elderly grandmother’s ‘clinically vulnerable’ status have resulted in her becoming housebound. While her entrepreneurial, hard-working spirit and the knowledge passed down through generations of green witches in her family mean she has solved her employment problem, her fear of going out, of allowing the dreaded virus into the house she shares with her grandmother, is far from resolved. In fact, it seems worse than ever.<br /><br />That is, until Joe Lane comes along. The handsome care worker turned delivery driver does Willow a favour, gaining her attention and reluctant admiration. He’s got plenty of baggage of his own, but he also has the skills and temperament to help her with her problem—and he really seems to care.<br /><br />The question is, will she let him get close enough to try?</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Available in eBook and paperback formats:</span> <a href="https://books2read.com/ntkow">https://books2read.com/ntkow</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Add to BookBub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/not-that-kind-of-witch-a-contemporary-steamy-romance-novel-by-lucy-felthouse">https://www.bookbub.com/books/not-that-kind-of-witch-a-contemporary-steamy-romance-novel-by-lucy-felthouse</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Add to Goodreads:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203844879-not-that-kind-of-witch">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203844879-not-that-kind-of-witch</a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSB8Pn5fuusIvu-odjAITeun_VWAM6G23q0iFjV_-MrQ2myb6341c6f-TtmL21AtiG1DwGSJCSkd5RN_KPUmL7V8BKgGXqYAsrpFugTz6PY83-LVb8VQQ59jq2B8Zaqhp76MEbSFgFU7qz6RpjG_B81YU_4iIPJMfu8aYY1aSGDEuxoiHohwKj7ktbc4/s1080/BookBrushImage614.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSB8Pn5fuusIvu-odjAITeun_VWAM6G23q0iFjV_-MrQ2myb6341c6f-TtmL21AtiG1DwGSJCSkd5RN_KPUmL7V8BKgGXqYAsrpFugTz6PY83-LVb8VQQ59jq2B8Zaqhp76MEbSFgFU7qz6RpjG_B81YU_4iIPJMfu8aYY1aSGDEuxoiHohwKj7ktbc4/w400-h400/BookBrushImage614.png" width="400" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><p></p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b></span><div><br /><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Willow Green had just stepped into the kitchen from the back garden when there came an almighty hammering on the front door. Panic and irritation flared in equal measure and she dumped her loaded wicker basket on the huge farmhouse-style table before hurrying through the house towards the source of the noise.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another hammering. The irritation started to outweigh the panic. Whoever was there was in danger of waking the dead, never mind disturbing mostly-deaf Grandma Annie, whom Willow had left happily knitting in the conservatory with a cup of tea on the table at her side before she’d headed out to the garden.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Willow cast her gaze to the ceiling and grunted with frustration. The whole <i>point </i>of installing the smart doorbell and having it set to only sound an alert on her phone had been to prevent Grandma being tempted to get out of her chair and make her way to the door, putting her at risk of a trip or fall along the way, or placing her in a vulnerable position with a complete stranger. The added bonus being, Willow could be at the furthest reaches of the garden, and her phone would cleverly let her know someone was at the front door.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Had this person not seen the sign? Smack dab in the middle of the door: <i>Please use doorbell.</i> With an arrow pointing to it. Couldn’t they read?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then she remembered. The last time this happened, which had been a while ago, prior to getting the doorbell camera in the first place, it had been kids at the door. Kids who, once she’d opened up, backed off down the path and began flinging jibes and questions at her from what they considered a safe distance.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hey, witch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Been out flying on your broomstick?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">What’s bubbling in your cauldron?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">You gonna turn us into toads?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Did your ancestors get burned at the stake?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where’s your black cat?</span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Her heart sank. She sighed and prepared herself for more of the same. It was unlikely, after all, they’d have come up with something new or more original—despite the astonishing wealth of information the human race had at its fingertips these days. Perhaps they hadn’t bothered to look, to educate themselves, or simply thought it was fun to torment a forty-year-old woman who’d never harm anything or anyone—not even if it was possible to turn people into toads. Though, admittedly, if she were a lesser woman, she’d be sorely tempted to throw out a few fake incantations to scare them, make them think she’d cursed them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maybe she should. Yes, it was stooping to their level, but if it stopped them coming back…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>No. I’m not going there.</i> She briefly considered not answering the door at all. She could access the doorbell speaker and tell them to clear off from the safety and comfort of her hallway, but she didn’t want them to think she was weak, or frightened. That’d just enhance the thrill for them, encourage them to harass her more often. <i>Not happening. Not on my watch. I don’t have time for that kind of idiocy.</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">She shook her head, unlocked the door and yanked it open, her annoyance already spilling forth. Generally speaking, she was an incredibly placid person, and slow to anger. But she didn’t want these kids to think this house was an easy target. She’d kept the previous incident from Grandma, not wanting to worry her, and had hoped the addition of the doorbell camera might deter them from returning. “Have you horrible toerags seriously got nothing better to do? You should be ashamed of yourselves, pestering people like this! I’ve a mind to contact your parents—”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">She stopped dead as the door swung wide enough to provide a view of who was on the other side of it. Not kids—horrible or otherwise—but a man. With a large cardboard box at his feet, bearing a familiar logo. <i>Uh-oh</i>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A glance past him to the gravel lane leading to her house confirmed her fears. A white Transit van sat there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">She cringed and forced her gaze back to the man. A navy-blue T-shirt bearing the delivery company’s logo was stretched over his muscular biceps and chunky abdomen—a dad bod, she supposed it’d be classed as, though she didn’t really agree with the terminology—as well as a pair of tan shorts and some beat-up looking trainers. He was tall, well over six feet, and she had to crane her neck to meet his eyes. “I’m so sorry. The last time someone hammered on my door like that, it was a bunch of kids shouting abuse. I thought you were them. If you’d just rung the doorbell, like the sign…”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The frown that appeared on the man’s face as she spoke made her shift her attention to her right, a sinking feeling taking over. Where there should have been a sign attached to the centre of the door, were now only six evenly-spaced blobs of Blu-Tak.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heat flared into her cheeks, and she let out a groan and closed her eyes momentarily. “Well, there <i>was</i> a sign. It’s obviously fallen off. I had no idea. Or I wouldn’t have… never mind. I’m really sorry. And now I’m waffling.” She gave a pained smile, her face threatening to burst into flames. “Anyway. You have a parcel for me?” Her voice went so high at the end she was surprised she hadn’t summoned the neighbourhood dogs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To his credit, the man simply shrugged. “No worries. I’ve been called worse. You’re…” he consulted the screen of the smartphone in his hand, “Willow Green?”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Given the circumstances, she let the slight waver of amusement in his voice at her name slide. “Yes,” she replied resignedly. “That’s me.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Great. It’s a tracked parcel, so I need to take a photo to prove I’ve delivered it…”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Okay. Go ahead.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">He tapped his phone screen a few times, then lifted the device and stepped back, presumably ensuring he got the right angle so his image would contain both the parcel and her feet inside the open doorway. Pressed the button. “Got it. Thanks. Do you want me to bring it in for you? It’s pretty heavy.” He pocketed the phone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">“No,” she said quickly, recoiling as he approached and made to pick up the box. “I mean, <i>no thank you</i>. I’m fine. I need to find the sign before I go indoors, anyway. Don’t want to shout at any more undeserving delivery drivers, do I?” The chuckle she let out sounded forced, even to her own ears.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Guess not.” He backed off and clasped his chin, then stroked his thick beard, more grey than black—the colour of his thick, plentiful hair, which had only a dusting of grey at the temples. He glanced at the doorbell and wrinkled his nose. “Should’ve spotted that, really. Especially when no one answered after I knocked a few times. The Blu-Tak should have provided a clue that maybe there was a sign there, and I could have put two and two together. I’m sorry. Such an idiot. Won’t make that mistake again though, will I?” Despite the weakness of his smile, it transformed his face enough that Willow’s stomach flipped. <i>Goodness, he’s handsome.</i></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Available in eBook and paperback formats:</span> </span><a href="https://books2read.com/ntkow" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">https://books2read.com/ntkow</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Add to BookBub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/not-that-kind-of-witch-a-contemporary-steamy-romance-novel-by-lucy-felthouse">https://www.bookbub.com/books/not-that-kind-of-witch-a-contemporary-steamy-romance-novel-by-lucy-felthouse</a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Add to Goodreads:</span> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203844879-not-that-kind-of-witch">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203844879-not-that-kind-of-witch</a></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yGeAAk3Hux2y9erhx_PTP0srGRZiIiY_4nfArhncCnYgUswGAq0JHgN3F0UNQbfBpBsAjcMPBi-j3KZTbJG7vDCYrt7qhyphenhyphenIZ-lknE2OnJefBYZ_T0diXOVKHyoZuO6_xVzk8YehnhHUOy8vh_jDTCsEvBFevI9JY0RDHBkZ7Dk4PiKN2LCgkJfLkSGc/s1080/BookBrushImage92.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yGeAAk3Hux2y9erhx_PTP0srGRZiIiY_4nfArhncCnYgUswGAq0JHgN3F0UNQbfBpBsAjcMPBi-j3KZTbJG7vDCYrt7qhyphenhyphenIZ-lknE2OnJefBYZ_T0diXOVKHyoZuO6_xVzk8YehnhHUOy8vh_jDTCsEvBFevI9JY0RDHBkZ7Dk4PiKN2LCgkJfLkSGc/w400-h400/BookBrushImage92.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>Author Bio:</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Lucy Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels <i>Stately Pleasures</i> (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of), <i>Eyes Wide Open</i> (winner of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award), <i>The Persecution of the Wolves</i>, <i>Hiding in Plain Sight</i>, <i>Curve Appeal</i>, and <i>The Heiress’s Harem</i> and <i>The Dreadnoughts </i>series. Including novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 175 publications to her name. Find out more about her and her writing at</span> <a href="http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk/linktree">http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk/linktree</a></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Release blitz organised by:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.writermarketing.co.uk"><span style="font-size: large;">Writer Marketing Services</span></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6w9tj600rx_Iew3mn632Sq2coInXnMQErOmxUGvuQc1z_K4ULdFFF83FjL5lzmPFiG0CRnHzsEo1qBvibgoVujZ5Ur2hQD2w7dCThyIBJD5IQYO8UE0pMPnh-l8z6roF7ZvmvCF6yyAWkz5X0-Gn03eKI6i7G2g-s9a2mwlPZFJ5L2cPp45icLmOn2g/s1200/BookBrushImage11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6w9tj600rx_Iew3mn632Sq2coInXnMQErOmxUGvuQc1z_K4ULdFFF83FjL5lzmPFiG0CRnHzsEo1qBvibgoVujZ5Ur2hQD2w7dCThyIBJD5IQYO8UE0pMPnh-l8z6roF7ZvmvCF6yyAWkz5X0-Gn03eKI6i7G2g-s9a2mwlPZFJ5L2cPp45icLmOn2g/s320/BookBrushImage11.png" width="320" /></a></div></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-5794489077650193982024-02-01T00:01:00.113-05:002024-02-01T00:01:00.141-05:00Book Tour + #Giveaway : The Murder of Crows - by KC Bear @KCBear15 #EroticRomance #taboo #agegap<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-murder-of-crows-
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #01ffff;">The Murder of Crows</span>
</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Crooked Halos Book 3
</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>by</b></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>KC Bear
</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Genre: Erotic
Romance</b></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="615" height="46" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i> Mercy</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Eight years ago, he promised he'd be back for me. He
promised he'd take care of me. But he lied. And I was left to pick up
my own shattered pieces.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Then, all of a sudden, he was back. I
hated that he looked so good, that his endless and insistent need to
fix me made it harder to hate him. No, somewhere in there, while we
made a family all our own and he showed off his Daddy colors, my
innocent childhood crush on him turned into love.</span></b></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <i> Jensen</i></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>I
told her I'd be back for her. It took me eight years, and when I did
find her again, she was pissed at me. She had every right to be,
sure, but nothing she said or did would keep me away or run me off
again. I had lots of hurts to apologize for and issues to help
heal.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">So, I vowed to heal her. With laughter, forgiveness,
trust, a new family --- and orgasms. What I hadn't planned on doing
was falling in love with her.</div></span></span>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Murder of Crows is
a novel of about 70K words. It is the continuation, and conclusion,
of Mercy and Jensen's story from Merry Christmas, Soldier (but can be
read as a standalone). There are triggers, listed in the front of the
book, or you may contact the author. It's not intended for anyone
younger than 18 years of age. It ends with a Happily Ever After.</span></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Valentine’s, Biker</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Crooked Halos Book 2</b></span></p><p style="height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="615" height="46" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> He's a maverick, rough and ready.</span></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br />
She's sweet, scared and
desperate with an underlying fire.</span></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br />
When they meet, is it one
night?</span></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Or is she his light?</span><br />
<br />
<br /></span></span></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> <i> Psycho</i></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">I had
one job, and I did it. Kick ass and take names, just like always. I
was beyond exhausted, ready to fall into bed and call it a night.
Then, I saw her.</span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Every bit of darkness within me wanted
her, and not even the abuse she'd been through that night with her
scumbag boyfriend would stop me from getting her.</div></span>
<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd
found my prey, my Sunshine, and nothing would stop me from claiming
what was mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not even her.</span></div></span>
<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Valentine's, Biker
is a prequel novella under 15K words and is book 1.5 in the Crooked
Halos series. It's not intended for readers under 18 years of age or
with certain triggers (see author for details).</span></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas, Soldier</span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Crooked Halos Book 1</b></span></p><p style="height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="615" height="46" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/amurderofcrows-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Merry Christmas, Soldier is an 11K novella written in first person
past tense. It is a taboo romance with an 18 year age gap between
them; all characters are of legal, consenting age.</b></span></p><p style="bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Jensen is in
the military, and Mercy was born premature; if any of that might
possibly be a trigger, proceed with caution.</b></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><b>It is a prequel,
which means there's more to the story --- and yes, it ends on a
cliffhanger...</b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><b>There is cussing, slight kink, and sexual
situations. Again, proceed with caution.</b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><b>This is not intended
for anyone under the age of 18.</b></b></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Little bit sweet, whole lotta naughty, always HEA </i>
</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>KC Bear has been
writing as a hobby her entire life and one day decided to give the
voices in her head life of their own.</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>While she does only
have a few little book babies out, she's got more ideas than she can
count! With ideas for stories ranging from romance that blurs the
line into erotica, women who love other women, supernatural romance,
and everything in between, she's sure you'll find something to enjoy
as soon as she gets it put out into the world!</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>As a proud
submissive, BDSM plays heavily into her novels with darker themes of
sadomasochism, unconventional relationships with menages, and cursing
that could make a sailor blush; but you can be sure they're all a
little bit sweet, whole lotta naughty, and always have a HEA.</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>When she isn't
writing or creating entire worlds in her head, she spends her days in
Kentucky on their 10 acres with her very own Dominant and Pandora,
the spoiled cat.</b></span></p>
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banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Evil hides in the shadows.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="align: center; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/fade-into-
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Fade Into the Night </span></b>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Philly Heat Series
Book 5
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">by</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Becky Flade</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Genre: Romantic
Suspense</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/fadeintothenight-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="619" height="48" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/fadeintothenight-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><b><div style="text-align: center;">A man dedicated to unmasking monsters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The woman who gives faces to the lost.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Neither can see the evil hiding in plain sight.</div></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">FBI Special Agent Noah Danes' investigation
into The Beltway Romeo brings him to Philadelphia and leads to a
chance encounter with an old friend. Forensic facial
reconstructionist Sadie Potter hasn't seen Noah since the sentencing
of her mother's murderer four years earlier. Seeing one another in a
new light, they both dare to hope for more.</span></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But before
they can explore their newfound feelings, Sadie's attacked by The
Beltway Romeo.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fueled with rage and fear, Noah swears to
protect her at all costs. But his fellow profilers turn their focus
on Noah, threatening to reveal his deepest secrets to the world.
Scarred, depressed, and afraid of losing herself along with her art,
Sadie lashes out at the people she loves most...until Romeo makes it
clear he hasn't forgotten the victim who got away.</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“<i><b>Fade into
the Night” will grab readers at the first page and not let up until
the conclusion! ~InD'tale Magazine</b></i></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is a
completely unputdownable hold-onto-your-hat book that will take
readers on a wild and crazy ride! ~InD'tale Magazine</span></b></i></p>
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flade-bi-pic-23-225x300_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/becky-flade-bi-pic-23-
225x300_orig.jpg" width="180" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When I was little, I thought everyone had stories in their head. When I found out only special people had stories to tell, I wanted to be one of the magical ones who shared their stories with the world. I wrote my first book in kindergarten with the help of my teacher, Mrs. Daniels. My mom – my biggest fan and most ardent supporter – has that little crayon-drawn book tucked into the pages of her family bible. It took almost thirty years to get from there to published but here I am, making my own dreams come true, one happily ever after at a time.</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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planning their death. </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-the-ledger-
ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-the-ledger-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #01ffff;"><b>The Ledger </b></span>
</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-
serif"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Team
of Eight </span>Book 1 </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-
serif" style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">by </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-
serif" style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: white;">Jodee Jean Daniels</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span face="Calibri, sans-
serif" style="font-size: large;">Genre:
Suspense Mystery with Heat </span>
</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theledger-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="622" height="60" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theledger-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Lillianne's world is a fortress of
secrets and chosen bonds. Her 'Team of Eight' isn't just a close-knit
group; they're her found family, safeguarding her against shadowy
global threats. Amidst this protective circle, a dark presence
lingers - Azrael. This mysterious entity whispers from the depths of
her mind, guiding her in a relentless fight against evil.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;">Lili
is a beacon of hope for the innocent in this high-stakes game. Her
mission? To thwart Abrams, a formidable adversary whose reign of
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I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend you add it to your holiday TBR asap!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span style="color: red;">C</span><span style="color: white;">A</span><span style="color: red;">N</span><span style="color: white;">D</span><span style="color: red;">Y </span><span style="color: white;">C</span><span style="color: red;">A</span><span style="color: white;">N</span><span style="color: red;">E</span><span style="color: white;">S</span><span style="color: red;"> &</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: white;">C</span><span style="color: red;">U</span><span style="color: white;">F</span><span style="color: red;">F</span><span style="color: white;">S</span></span></i></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-weight: normal;">[Sold to the Billionaire Collection]</span><br /> <span style="color: #cccccc;">by</span><br /><span style="color: white;"><i>Jasmine Hill</i></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">contemporary, erotic romance, billionaire, holiday, Christmas, bdsm, dominance/submission, bondage</span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ddc67c63-7fff-9a97-be0c-1ce777a8c1d0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will her prejudice prove too much to overcome?</span></p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx016JCv10t08WelNa5WHQ8ZYlvFfZvsNm-1pKBGkrDoRpUMfakiNL15fAlnFer1Fe-cLxMU0zDmcT2SlHQs8RflgSZEX2ZfKRUoAjq4QQoFhdy_L9R0ItKmZLwjIm_GQWTrGMG86GXN5LqibVXPIlYQucViXfXhKFQVishKcykabMX1MRmS8vWREiaNM/s2400/978-1-80250-862-8_CandyCanesCuffs_1500x2400.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx016JCv10t08WelNa5WHQ8ZYlvFfZvsNm-1pKBGkrDoRpUMfakiNL15fAlnFer1Fe-cLxMU0zDmcT2SlHQs8RflgSZEX2ZfKRUoAjq4QQoFhdy_L9R0ItKmZLwjIm_GQWTrGMG86GXN5LqibVXPIlYQucViXfXhKFQVishKcykabMX1MRmS8vWREiaNM/s320/978-1-80250-862-8_CandyCanesCuffs_1500x2400.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ashley Carlisle has volunteered for the Billionaires’ submissive auction but there is only one billionaire she’s interested in, Talbot Stone, son of the man who destroyed her father.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ashley is determined to gain the renowned Dominant’s attention and keep it for the seven days required for her payment. Finally, she’ll recoup some of the money lost to her father and even better, Talbot Stone will be the one to pay.</span></p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Talbot Stone takes one look at the submissive on the auction block and resolves to win her at any cost. She’s the one he’s been waiting for, a prefect submissive in candy canes and cuffs.</span></p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Their attraction is electric, and Talbot introduces Ashley to a hot new world of Dominance and submission. But not all is as it seems, and Ashley’s prejudice threatens to drive them apart. Can she look beyond the sins of the father before she loses Talbot forever?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G6WEk28Q_ytpmjltQRBFZiXS-GxO5MLhdwsV59O3L1cHqKyal5Yt3aUg009VlE4p31_9cYD5XOUAzMMSaufCkm9qSUr0kFWONUJ6twbsJ03FqEkahIT_6wNDQSi_YZwez5Kv0rcuziaTLV4SkZqvSGTSmPOIvcYAcnYi_lYHZKD7B49Dob3WQQV8jjs/s600/Buy%20Links.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G6WEk28Q_ytpmjltQRBFZiXS-GxO5MLhdwsV59O3L1cHqKyal5Yt3aUg009VlE4p31_9cYD5XOUAzMMSaufCkm9qSUr0kFWONUJ6twbsJ03FqEkahIT_6wNDQSi_YZwez5Kv0rcuziaTLV4SkZqvSGTSmPOIvcYAcnYi_lYHZKD7B49Dob3WQQV8jjs/s320/Buy%20Links.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Totally Bound Publishing:</span> </b></span><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aba379ab-7fff-791a-70b9-420169fccb24"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><a href="https://www.totallybound.com/book/candy-canes-and-cuffs" target="_blank">https://www.totallybound.com/book/candy-canes-and-cuffs</a></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">First for Romance:</span> </b><b><a href="https://www.firstforromance.com/book/candy-canes-and-cuffs">https://www.firstforromance.com/book/candy-canes-and-cuffs</a></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Amazon US:</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Canes-Cuffs-Sold-Billionaire-ebook/dp/B0CK26ND7G?ref_=ast_author_mpb" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Canes-Cuffs-Sold-Billionaire-ebook/dp/B0CK26ND7G</a></span></b></div><div><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; 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vertical-align: baseline;">Ashley gazed around the lavish cabin designated for her and wiped her clammy palms on her jeans. Her heart had been thumping a rapid tattoo ever since she’d stepped foot onto the luxurious pleasure craft. </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t believe I’m going through with this.</span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Christmas carols played over the cabin’s speakers and a cheery red poinsettia sat on the coffee table, a green and gold embossed card propped against its pot.</b></span></p><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br /></span></b></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Ashley Carlisle, we welcome you to the annual Sydney Billionaires’ BDSM Christmas Auction. Good luck.</b></span></p><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br /></span></b></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>She selected a holly-adorned mint from a crystal bowl and popped it into her mouth. There was just one billionaire that she was interested in, and she’d been studying his likes and dislikes for weeks. She’d honed her mind and body, even gaining a few kilos to obtain the full, curved backside and hips that he so desired. Hours of lunges, squats and other tortuous exercises had helped her achieve the “rounded butt” look. She prayed that her hard work would pay off and that she’d snag the undivided attention of her target, Talbot Stone. Even his name, Talbot, held an apt foreboding—messenger of destruction.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Just thinking of the Stone name left a sour taste in her mouth. The elder Stone had been the man who had ruined her father and sent him to an early grave. Now it was time for Ashley to recoup some of the money lost to her family. The Stones were an unscrupulous lot, intent on stepping over and on anyone to get what they desired. And what they desired, above all else, was money. She was sure Talbot Stone was no different than his father—proud, egotistical and entitled.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>As far as Ashley could see, the Stone men didn’t have many weaknesses. They owned various companies, had their fingers in any pie that would prove lucrative, and if things didn’t work out as they’d planned, they had no problems spinning the situation to suit their needs. They were ruthless in business and Ashley would be no match for them in that quarter. Her one chance to get at Talbot Stone would be through this BDSM auction. Through her study of the man, she had discovered that in BDSM circles, he was a well-known Dom, one who submissives lusted after. A Dom with money, power and looks, and every year, he participated in the Christmas auction. She wasn’t an experienced submissive, but she’d dabbled enough to understand what was required of her. If she was successful at the auction, she’d have an opening to Talbot and his life, but, more importantly, his money. She just had to hold his interest for the full seven days. By all accounts, he was quick to boredom, so she needed to obtain, then keep his attention.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Her plan had more holes than Swiss cheese. What if another Dom won her? What if Talbot Stone had no interest in her? What if she couldn’t stick it out? What if she wasn’t a good submissive? The “what ifs” seemed endless. Her short-term goal was gaining Talbot’s interest. If she got that far, if he won her at the auction, she’d need to last for a week before her payment was granted. And there was a certain poetic justice, skewed though it might be, in deceiving him. She was tough. She could endure a week of the enigmatic and powerful Talbot Stone. It could be worse. </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">He could look like the hunchback of Notre Dame</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. She giggled, relieving some of the tension in her chest. Despite the nerve-wracking situation, a frisson of excitement skipped down her spine. </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I might even enjoy this a little</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The cabin vibrated and the boat rocked, signalling that they were moving away from the private wharf. She gazed out through the window at the city lights surrounding Sydney Harbour and tried not to worry about the looming auction. She needed to be strong and confident, a mix of sassy but submissive —a combination that would take everything in her to pull off.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>She had to do something to relax. She wandered into the adjoining bathroom and turned on the taps for the tub. Various products were lined up on the countertop in assorted fragrances reminiscent of Christmas. She chose a spicy brandy and orange-scented oil and poured it under the running water, then she lit a Christmas pudding candle, imbuing the room with the familiar scent of cinnamon and cloves. She undressed, tied her hair into a topknot then slipped into the fragrant water.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The long soak in the tub left her relaxed and refreshed and she had succeeded in calming her nerves. Now she stood, assessing her reflection in the full-length mirror.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>It had taken her an age to create her outfit, but she was pleased with the result. Candy canes fashioned into a skirt and woven into fishing line floated low on her rounded hips, finishing just above mid-thigh. Red, white and green Christmas mints snaked in circles around each of her full breasts. She’d pulled her long auburn hair into a high ponytail and tied it with a red ribbon. She’d kept her makeup natural but had painted her lips a bright crimson to keep to the Christmas theme. Candy-cane jewellery circled her wrists in the form of cuffs. Strappy red stilettos finished the look. The effect was whimsical but sexy. If luck was on her side, she’d start a bidding war.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>She scanned her notecards on Talbot Stone one last time. She had to play her part to perfection to extract a high bid from the man. She needed the money. She loved her job as a social worker, but her student loans were extensive. She also wanted to look after her mother and sister, and she was determined to make Talbot Stone pay.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>She startled as the cabin intercom crackled to life and a disembodied voice requested her presence at the staging area. The auction was about to commence.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>* * * *</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Talbot Stone stared out through the window of his assigned state room, his chin resting on his thumb and forefinger as he pondered the evening ahead. Some Doms requested a dossier of the submissives for auction, pouring over the pages and photos for weeks in advance. Talbot had never done that. He preferred the excitement of the unknown, the surprise of seeing that submissive, “the one” on stage as if presented to him like a gift. It was a Christmas auction, after all, and he considered his chosen submissive a reward to himself. He’d unwrap his “gift” as if she were the most special present in the world. After that, he couldn’t say that he would be so careful. His cock thickened and lengthened as he imagined what he’d do with his new submissive. Tying her up for the first time and turning her ass a beautiful shade of pink to red would be exquisite. Would she cry and scream for him to stop, or would she take it silently? Would she be quick to safeword? He hoped not. There was nothing more annoying than a sub who safeworded at the first sign of discomfort. The submissives on the auction block he’d expect to be practiced in the art, but the thought of an inexperienced sub was more than a little intriguing. That would add a whole new dimension to things.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>He checked his watch — a little over an hour until the auction would start. The anticipation was clawing at his spine and tightening his chest. Soon he would have his new submissive. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7rT4SV2v-du8VOmiVy2MgPqHPtauSByPUQy8z0nH9ko8sF6Mw0yqkAGav3tWsa9gqCzSLVTaQZiKSxCFz56UBvzormhc_bsdTxln-dI2nBOpPNMmQtT5xgEoTC6LNt6gojuu7D86L1e51mDgLLSXoAOx0N9rRJ9o2m2V5ImWiNDdcwqraqF4nB367MQ/s720/CandyCanesCuffs.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7rT4SV2v-du8VOmiVy2MgPqHPtauSByPUQy8z0nH9ko8sF6Mw0yqkAGav3tWsa9gqCzSLVTaQZiKSxCFz56UBvzormhc_bsdTxln-dI2nBOpPNMmQtT5xgEoTC6LNt6gojuu7D86L1e51mDgLLSXoAOx0N9rRJ9o2m2V5ImWiNDdcwqraqF4nB367MQ/w250-h400/CandyCanesCuffs.gif" width="250" /></a></div><p style="font-size: 16pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNv1VKao_K6FwamlDvsQtI_DLinhHiVqzSImSYgEDjyMxkXbDl1nH-SymI9x91eXBfy26-JINntiREMYyT50Cvp32cO0-X4eTm2Gs5L1fMrFyf0bqKUMBhmGVzbhYYysjbmCsWyAasv6wNednV8oAzSkV-FFJOyAa7ki2xMlKBD_E5vKQy633XfL1yRiQ/s600/About%20the%20Author.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNv1VKao_K6FwamlDvsQtI_DLinhHiVqzSImSYgEDjyMxkXbDl1nH-SymI9x91eXBfy26-JINntiREMYyT50Cvp32cO0-X4eTm2Gs5L1fMrFyf0bqKUMBhmGVzbhYYysjbmCsWyAasv6wNednV8oAzSkV-FFJOyAa7ki2xMlKBD_E5vKQy633XfL1yRiQ/s320/About%20the%20Author.png" width="320" /></a></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgShb0VZaTTGViKv7zN3NhGrlEbFgkIPRFD5LDhckoI1dWtgY7bDQfcujdIGt3IUTboa_eGO18slUjrCwTb6oflKuEoSxVO4snKZVxhP4fmzGdE9zqRAhSmsIJFEqCHx1ZieCmpfli5-JJZ-SekmDToIuN_KBOENRoOslfkahkB5PIEPZ7BIRAL2RN5Q/s1000/jasmine-hill%20large%20image.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgShb0VZaTTGViKv7zN3NhGrlEbFgkIPRFD5LDhckoI1dWtgY7bDQfcujdIGt3IUTboa_eGO18slUjrCwTb6oflKuEoSxVO4snKZVxhP4fmzGdE9zqRAhSmsIJFEqCHx1ZieCmpfli5-JJZ-SekmDToIuN_KBOENRoOslfkahkB5PIEPZ7BIRAL2RN5Q/w200-h200/jasmine-hill%20large%20image.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Jasmine’s been writing professionally since 2013. She adores reading all genres, but erotic romance and thrillers are her favorites. Jasmine loves writing and is always looking for new ideas for stories that will provoke inner passions, stimulate the senses, and ignite the imagination. When not writing, Jasmine can be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen or working off those calories in the gym.</b></span></div></span><div><span><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #fce5cd;">She has won some short story competitions and has also written interactive stories for online gaming apps while publishing her erotic romance novels through Totally Bound Publishing. Jasmine Hill loves to hear from readers. You can find her contact information, website and author biography at</span> <a href="http://www.totallybound.com">http://www.totallybound.com</a><span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkijMd0lXCgzUoaVOwjm5Rp3mR1Ks9kkYkebhp8h0nifs6IHdNv0GISpg9d7GVkYM3mezBdcaGFtKuDvW1oMBqNybS1lFiy35I5XGRgJ-iwvSX4oio1GOQQcfKeZTWfBbQL12OuPIZX4QcnONDgb_tsyZeqL6VxsmVYjjWyPyq5HujdOL-c9yB3rqZhc/s600/social%20links.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkijMd0lXCgzUoaVOwjm5Rp3mR1Ks9kkYkebhp8h0nifs6IHdNv0GISpg9d7GVkYM3mezBdcaGFtKuDvW1oMBqNybS1lFiy35I5XGRgJ-iwvSX4oio1GOQQcfKeZTWfBbQL12OuPIZX4QcnONDgb_tsyZeqL6VxsmVYjjWyPyq5HujdOL-c9yB3rqZhc/s320/social%20links.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Amazon: </span><a href="http://amazon.com/author/jasminehill" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">amazon.com/author/jasminehill</span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.jasminehillromance.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">www.jasminehillromance.com</span></a></b></span></div></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Totally Bound Publishing: </span><a href="https://www.totallybound.com/author/jasmine-hill"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.totallybound.com/author/jasmine-hill</span></a></b></div></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.hill.585112/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.hill.585112/</span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Twitter @jasmine_romance: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jasmine_romance" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://twitter.com/jasmine_romance</span></a></b></span></div></span></span></div></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-1989316929764573722023-12-18T00:01:00.023-05:002023-12-18T10:50:06.704-05:00New Release Guest Post: Wild About That Thing - by LisabetSarai @LisabetSarai #multiracial #menage #eroticromance<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">New Release</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wild About That Thing</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">by</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lisabet Sarai</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidvPVXBMvN-MXk8eDDyTe0YAq1S5xF4MeoOf2IlqwvEiaIAeiVkG0P1hSQc1BNYkAKjDrxh6_6F1e6pJKafOxocjGmbSWBDrxILZMUi3zb2KKEy8SRO6OQRix8h_NDsLtwDNCsJpjZpqZ2E2L6KVnbciDlXvkEIqLCcfSpDpSpxSFv5ovzdMUXMrkePQ/s1038/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20191913.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1038" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidvPVXBMvN-MXk8eDDyTe0YAq1S5xF4MeoOf2IlqwvEiaIAeiVkG0P1hSQc1BNYkAKjDrxh6_6F1e6pJKafOxocjGmbSWBDrxILZMUi3zb2KKEy8SRO6OQRix8h_NDsLtwDNCsJpjZpqZ2E2L6KVnbciDlXvkEIqLCcfSpDpSpxSFv5ovzdMUXMrkePQ/w400-h188/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20191913.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Multiracial Ménage Erotic Romance</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Five flames </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>20,000 words, 78 pages</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Smashwords and Amazon KDP</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>ISBN (Smashwords): 9798215599563</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>ASIN: B0CPDD3JR9</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QKxbLbWc9H4eQ8KdTYaqITwtvP4y00n6e3nRcLvATncIDhSzi6ZyO1HNGKUd4yET1D4tpcYSneIVLyiwACUcRUj9QR4YjhEtYms6xIVxSqEGV7-3brFWMqUAkEYVo8e4QhUSintN6i6qoB6yGt7Y4q1QEYJ1kKq3AVQrvKcJFEBgdbOwfzbQT8gOWk4/s600/The%20Blurb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QKxbLbWc9H4eQ8KdTYaqITwtvP4y00n6e3nRcLvATncIDhSzi6ZyO1HNGKUd4yET1D4tpcYSneIVLyiwACUcRUj9QR4YjhEtYms6xIVxSqEGV7-3brFWMqUAkEYVo8e4QhUSintN6i6qoB6yGt7Y4q1QEYJ1kKq3AVQrvKcJFEBgdbOwfzbQT8gOWk4/s320/The%20Blurb.png" width="320" /></b></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>There's more than one way to beat the blues </b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxX16jLXoI7dJcTadcUHipX3LcY9kXwjewZ-Ry8Tpg9qjzJl7qRNoUx2gnUX0DKp1ys4HKeqdMLwER7sip4zSB1_7MZkitFUZjwQP2StIkOHoKApvckVbBUP7St5B7I8hbOHH7oeVLB24bOJp42Y1nggS7pHjTvVHjPSGyLnNcvTShLQce2LeElnVZgQ/s485/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20192238.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxX16jLXoI7dJcTadcUHipX3LcY9kXwjewZ-Ry8Tpg9qjzJl7qRNoUx2gnUX0DKp1ys4HKeqdMLwER7sip4zSB1_7MZkitFUZjwQP2StIkOHoKApvckVbBUP7St5B7I8hbOHH7oeVLB24bOJp42Y1nggS7pHjTvVHjPSGyLnNcvTShLQce2LeElnVZgQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20192238.png" width="214" /></a></b></span></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She’s always been proud of her sensual nature. Now it seems to have landed her in an impossible situation. Two lovers…and she wants them both. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ruby Jones has clear priorities. Her teenage son comes first, then her struggling blues club. Her love life ranks as a distant third, despite the efforts of Zeke Chambers to convince her otherwise. Zeke's the lead singer in her house band, a devoted friend, and an occasional lover. He can drive her wild with desire, but can't get her to make a commitment. Deserted by her cheating ex-husband, Ruby's determined she's going to make it on her own. She's hot-blooded like her bluesman daddy, happy to satisfy her physical cravings, but she's not about to let any man into her heart.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The stranger who takes the stage on open mike night upsets the delicate balance in Ruby's world. From the moment Ruby sets eyes on him, Remy Saint-Michel inspires irresistible lust and inexplicable sympathy. Confused, guilty and worried about her prized independence, Ruby decides that the only way to deal with the two men is to push them both away. Zeke and Remy, however, have other ideas. </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Note: Wild About That Thing was previously published by Totally Entwined. This new edition has been revised and re-edited.</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0zkVfpCPp8dDt4_IK1-5HLm_QRUJohW_Gal76Sn6jM_PKIG4z8xUotDxesthwdqKjdbF7Y62eKlxv5leeHXoAxWpz2uf_nhN5wxnwm_zXFY8lp6HrdTWP-ZRFYUZ8M2cQRHvAjVyAfL0pw1M7bWWjXtHKtd_ha9i9B7QZQGnY57UG5ywOMpsY5ot0fE/s600/Buy%20Links.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0zkVfpCPp8dDt4_IK1-5HLm_QRUJohW_Gal76Sn6jM_PKIG4z8xUotDxesthwdqKjdbF7Y62eKlxv5leeHXoAxWpz2uf_nhN5wxnwm_zXFY8lp6HrdTWP-ZRFYUZ8M2cQRHvAjVyAfL0pw1M7bWWjXtHKtd_ha9i9B7QZQGnY57UG5ywOMpsY5ot0fE/s320/Buy%20Links.png" width="320" /></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kinky Literature –</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.kinkyliterature.com/book/1342-wild-about-that-thing-/">https://www.kinkyliterature.com/book/1342-wild-about-that-thing-/</a></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>A Moment in Time</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Unlike many authors, I rarely base my characters on real people. I might borrow a trait here and there from individuals I’ve known, but for the most part both my protagonists and my villains are fictional inventions.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wild About That Thing</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an exception. The character of Remy Saint-Michel grew out of an actual experience I had, a number of years ago.</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>I should say, by the way, that I love the blues. Listening to almost any music is an emotional experience, but blues music touches me in a way that few other genres can. I love its passion, its honesty and its recognition of our precious, broken humanity. I feel it in my body as well as my soul; when I am listening to the blues, I can’t sit still.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Anyway, one Saturday night my husband and I went to a nearby pub to hear a local blues band we’d read about. They were fantastic. I sat there, entranced, swaying to the beat. Most of the audience were doing the same. Though the place was crowed, some people were even dancing.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Then I noticed a man sitting on a tall stool, not far from our seats, an incredibly handsome black man with a shaved head, high cheekbones and full lips. He wore slim jeans and a white business shirt with rolled up sleeves. One leg was outstretched; the other rested on a rung of his seat. For some reason I noticed his shoes, expensive, highly polished leather that seemed out of place in the casual venue.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>He was gorgeous, but he never glanced in my direction. Indeed, what fascinated me about this guy was his utter stillness. Unlike the rest of us, he didn’t tap his toes, nod his head or drum his fingers on this thigh. Totally focused on the stage, he didn’t move a muscle. The intensity with which he regarded the band sent a little chill down my spine. I couldn’t help wondering who this gentleman was, how he happened to be there, and what was going through his mind.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Years later, I can still summon my odd reaction to this guy. He became the model for Remy in </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wild About That Thing</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Indeed, I borrowed some of that real world scene for the novella. </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Of course, I’ll never know what was actually going through that stunning black man’s mind as he stared at the band. </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>For that, I had to use my imagination.</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR9tFllHpWSJYmE-szlcLfq0AYlzpSCbNZcrLv6wc87QkwxUvTlefetuYJ1y2HsQyw4f5QCbQopmHloUCMxBvpiDZKeNR4KGs9ThnBVLWH6A-Hm-aqOP3D0xVOvOZZAuTQQ5cmDRBIPZcE5FSTdoJ2eafJXkkKh6Z1i9ih6W61EA04EKRgu8FL8B9gJg/s600/Excerpt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR9tFllHpWSJYmE-szlcLfq0AYlzpSCbNZcrLv6wc87QkwxUvTlefetuYJ1y2HsQyw4f5QCbQopmHloUCMxBvpiDZKeNR4KGs9ThnBVLWH6A-Hm-aqOP3D0xVOvOZZAuTQQ5cmDRBIPZcE5FSTdoJ2eafJXkkKh6Z1i9ih6W61EA04EKRgu8FL8B9gJg/s320/Excerpt.png" width="320" /></b></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Excerpt (PG)</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>He looked pretty good himself. He wore his work clothes—trim navy blue chinos and a striped shirt with a button-down collar. The trousers weren’t as tight as the jeans he wore when he was off-duty, but they couldn’t hide the bulk of his hard-on. His eyes sparkled like sapphires under his bushy blond brows and a lock of his honey-colored hair hung down over his forehead. She fought the urge to brush it back into place.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“I thought maybe I could join you two for dinner,” he continued. “Then maybe after, we can all watch a video or something.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>He didn’t say anything more, but she knew what he was thinking. After Isaiah was safe in his bed, maybe Zeke could spend some time in hers.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Ruby remembered her assignation with Remy—remembered the insane lust he’d inspired. It had been intoxicating, but scary too. For a moment, all she wanted was to say yes to Zeke’s unspoken question, to trade the risky promise of a stranger for more familiar pleasures. But she’d given her word to Remy. Anyway, what gave Zeke the right to barge in to her life, assuming she’d be available?</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“We’d love for you eat with us,” she began, trying to be gentle. “But afterward, I’ve got a date.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Zeke’s forehead knitted into a frown. “A date?” His voice was dark as gathering thunderclouds. “Who with?”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Ruby laid her hand on his arm. That was a mistake. The feel of his warm, firm flesh under the fine cotton made her want to take it all back—to swear that she wanted only him, to beg him to fuck her. “I don’t think you need to know,” she said, her eyes cast downward </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>She felt like such a traitor. Of course, they’d agreed when they began that their relationship should be non-exclusive. Still, she hadn’t been with anyone else, not for two years. Why should she, when she had a strong, sexy, generous man like Ezekiel Chambers? </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>But Remy…she’d never experienced anything like the magnetic pull she’d felt in his presence. She had to find out what it would be like to fuck him. To get him out of her system.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Thanks for being honest,” Zeke said softly. “That’s something at least.” </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“I’d never lie to you, baby. That’s just plain wrong. Otis taught me that. It’s just this one time, anyway.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You do what you need to do, Ruby. It won’t change how I feel about you.” He blinked once or twice, then stood up. “Guess I should go.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“No, please—stay for dinner. Just pizza and salad, but we’d love to have you. I’m sure that Isaiah will want to tell you the big news about his band.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You sure?” </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Positive.” Ruby gave him a hug, fighting the urge to rub herself against the still-obvious lump in his groin. “Let’s go call Antonio’s.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You got someone to stay with the kid while you’re out?” Zeke asked, as Ruby retrieved the pizza menu stuck onto the refrigerator door.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Um—no… He’ll be okay. It’s just a couple hours.” Ruby’s doubts resurfaced. Maybe she really should call Remy and cancel. Things were just too complicated…</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“I’ll hang out here until you get back, then.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“What?” Ruby stared at him, astonished and grateful. “You’re gonna babysit, while I go meet another man? What are you, some kind of saint?”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Nah, I’m just a guy who loves you and wants you to be happy. I know you won’t be able to relax if Isaiah’s home alone.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Ruby rewarded him with a kiss. What had she done to deserve him? “You know me too well, baby.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 7.8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“I do, darlin’. You’re like Skynard’s free bird. 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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Title: </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400;">Auctioned Surrender</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Series: The Sinful Duets #2</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Author: </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Via Mari</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Genre: Dark Mafia Romance</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Tropes: Alpha Bodyguard/Protector Romance</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Release Date: December 15, 2023</span></span></b></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 32px;"><span style="color: #886966;">BLURB</span></b> </div> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Damian and Bryanna</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">As one of the wealthiest bodyguard’s and mafia connected men in the world, my assignment shouldn’t be difficult.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Get in and find the woman who’s fallen prey to a deadly global trafficking ring and return her to the family. Protect her at all costs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Those were the orders, and I’ve never let a client down.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The innocent beauty’s eyes swirl with emotion as she looks at me, full of caution, wariness, fear, curiosity and need, all in a hazy mixture of lust that makes this more than a job.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">But Bryanna has secrets of her own. She fights my help every step of the way, fleeing right out of my arms and back to those who want to sell her for a price.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The hold they have over Bryanna is not strong enough to keep me at bay. I will move heaven and earth to win her trust and to make her mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">They’ve messed with the most ruthless of protectors in this deadly game of sin, and they will learn that the hard way today.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Because tonight, Bryanna will be mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Dereck and Layla</span></i></b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">When asked to help with an assignment, the last thing I expect is to meet an exquisite woman full of attitude who ignites my soul like she was made just for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Layla Contreras can hold her own in the dangerous criminal underworld. A fiery exotic dancer who is strong-willed, sassy, and determined.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">In a swift twist of fate, danger ignites.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">I will do what it takes to keep Layla safe, even calling upon mafia alliances who are more than happy to go up against our mutual enemies.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">But this is far from a job now…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Layla thinks her secrets will keep me away, but she couldn’t be more wrong. I plan to earn her trust, to bring that wall completely down, and tame the bravehearted fire within.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">I will bury the sins of the past and anyone who gets in the way of me claiming the relentless beauty all for my very own.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Watch me…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Auctioned Surrender is the bundled collection of Auctioned and Relentless, the second in a sinfully delicious duet by International Best-Selling Author Via Mari. You will fall in love with these two fearless women who become the best of friends and capture the hearts of the men who will do anything to protect them, even from themselves.</i></b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You will love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each story and couple have a guaranteed happily ever after.</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white;">#auctionedsurrender #sinfulduet #gmbbaddies</span></b></div></b></span></div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Via lives in the Midwest with her husband. As a child raised in both the United States and the United Kingdom, she spent countless hours traveling and developed a passion for the written word at a young age.</span></span></div><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She is also an avid reader of romance. In fact, you can find her curled up in an overstuffed chair, especially during winter when the wood fire is crackling and popping, reading a page-turning novel until the early hours of the morning.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #886966; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><b>AUTHOR LINKS</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@viamariromance">TIKTOK</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/viamariromance/">INSTAGRAM</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ViaMariAuthor">FACEBOOK</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfHNwyagq5fcEx-a4Om2NBNLlmBeLI_V5BAn5T6GP5Zrjm-Ftq6GnqSqA15ANXqoUL3Skhk_7k_1GeNazvgUGeNxYIq2XU2drfhd9dug_TrlXYtpPiN21JD4nUuziTnA09vxVnGXKRnjLE5KknZ7gO-Ziu5jiVlSisSQnHNH0sjdiNF7Mzf3wZxU5q6BX/s1080/Auctioned%20Surrender%20Teaser%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfHNwyagq5fcEx-a4Om2NBNLlmBeLI_V5BAn5T6GP5Zrjm-Ftq6GnqSqA15ANXqoUL3Skhk_7k_1GeNazvgUGeNxYIq2XU2drfhd9dug_TrlXYtpPiN21JD4nUuziTnA09vxVnGXKRnjLE5KknZ7gO-Ziu5jiVlSisSQnHNH0sjdiNF7Mzf3wZxU5q6BX/w400-h400/Auctioned%20Surrender%20Teaser%207.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-27761875653945223362023-12-14T07:30:00.061-05:002023-12-14T07:30:00.137-05:00Cover Reveal + #Giveaway : Hot and Cold - by Tara September @TaraSeptember #NewAdult #SportsRomance #HockeyRomance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hot-and-cold-cover-reveal-
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<i><span style="color: white;">The Legacy
Continues...</span></i></h2><div><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Relentless </span></b>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A Death Dwellers MC
Novel</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Kathryn C. Kelly
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Genre: Contemporary
MC Romance</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-
book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-="" data-original-width="622" height="54" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-
book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">"Relentless"
by Kathryn C. Kelly is a thrilling and emotionally charged ride
through the gritty world of outlaw motorcycle clubs. The notorious
Christopher "Outlaw" Caldwell is back, proving that
notoriety has its drawbacks. Once feared for his ruthlessness, Outlaw
has transformed into a devoted family man. Life has been good for him
and his brothers in the Death Dwellers MC, as they enjoy the rewards
of their hard-fought victories and embracing their newfound
stability. Unexpected violence shatters their tranquility. Unprepared
and caught off guard, the Death Dwellers must face the catastrophic
consequences that threaten to tear apart their brotherhood and ravage
their families. Outlaw is forced to confront his past and protect his
loved ones, relying on his unmatched determination to overcome any
obstacle.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"> Meanwhile, amidst this chaos, CJ,
Outlaw’s son, struggles with the weight of his heritage. As he
tries to save his cousin Ryan from the influence of the wrong crowd,
CJ's attention is also drawn to Harley, his childhood friend with
whom he once shared everything but now no longer trusts.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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1_orig.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">In
her dreams, Kathryn C. Kelly is a flirtatious biker babe with the
rumble of a hog between her legs and a shirtless bad boy wrapped in
her arms. Kathryn and her bad ass biker boy spend their evenings
tossing back great scotch (Chivas Regal) and fighting over who is
better at Cards against Humanity (she is, obviously.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">In her
reality, Kathryn is a native New Orleanian who has survived Hurricane
Katrina and breast cancer. Now she’s hoping to survive three
lively girls. While not playing Wonder Mom, Kathryn can be found
putting all those dreams into the pages of her next Death Dwellers
Motorcycle Club novel.</div></span><p></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><b><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.katckelly.com/">Website</a>
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* <a href="https://twitter.com/katkelwriter">X</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katkelwriter/">Instagram</a>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="align: center; clear: both;"></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com1Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-46040521217014064872023-12-07T07:00:00.001-05:002023-12-11T11:07:19.218-05:00Out Now - Never Plan a Billionaire’s Wedding ~ by Julia Kent [Whatever It Takes, bk 1] @jkentauthor #RomCom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRlmZ4U_NDbNh9MHnrCB_-fgajDvOTAPG-ODVYheXaU5Ehkj5gV3c_zrmvitx-lJpIJYmpbVRYZ9V0iBoaS_cGd1TIMVQmY-ee0hkhdND7orPS6S8XPRFW-bBGcXm8nRbW0Fq0gV8ws1RiOXTWZN73Yz0zIEh8i0s0Wm7_J4kQrtrbfwcGtVi4uKQLUo/s1080/NPABQ%20teaser%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRlmZ4U_NDbNh9MHnrCB_-fgajDvOTAPG-ODVYheXaU5Ehkj5gV3c_zrmvitx-lJpIJYmpbVRYZ9V0iBoaS_cGd1TIMVQmY-ee0hkhdND7orPS6S8XPRFW-bBGcXm8nRbW0Fq0gV8ws1RiOXTWZN73Yz0zIEh8i0s0Wm7_J4kQrtrbfwcGtVi4uKQLUo/w400-h400/NPABQ%20teaser%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee096cae-7fff-710c-4eb7-caf3adb41aa4"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Never Plan a Billionaire's Wedding</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>by</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Julia Kent</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><b><i>Whatever It Takes</i></b> - book 1</span></span></div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Release Date: November 28, 2023</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Genre: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Romance</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Cover Designer: Staci Hart</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Audiobook Narrators: COMING SOON</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Tropes/Themes: Billionaire, Forbidden Romance/Breaking Contract, Mistaken Identity, Wedding, Engagement, Reunion Romance, Second Chance Romance, Romantic Comedy</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OSBpQmQZzeXO639DewJwlKE43rV__f8ZrSzyLmr0iLfSUOU4hWaU_uXWxhtpqTb1CoFh1m0Le3m9aPBdexBVxFFajK3LZ8s9-RsYbHm5bFjmc_rp8WCVqdZcB14ymel19gvWDf3kViWqY_nF2jhE_yp0qApXoOAY-wPk_xQ5PUroPMWnoTK-pC2Xbqs/s1080/NPABQ%20teaser%202%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OSBpQmQZzeXO639DewJwlKE43rV__f8ZrSzyLmr0iLfSUOU4hWaU_uXWxhtpqTb1CoFh1m0Le3m9aPBdexBVxFFajK3LZ8s9-RsYbHm5bFjmc_rp8WCVqdZcB14ymel19gvWDf3kViWqY_nF2jhE_yp0qApXoOAY-wPk_xQ5PUroPMWnoTK-pC2Xbqs/w400-h400/NPABQ%20teaser%202%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Retailer Description:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Rule #1: Don’t fall in love with the groom</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Stalker exes. Momzillas. Drunk uncles. Hurricanes. Jealous siblings. Paparazzi.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">You name it, Kari Whitevelt has seen it all. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-mCf8JGtxMt2e96Hw-PD7pJSnjWmsa56GleWUTXijqzXYvuOix3arfhlUU_-farzcoDVmkbBlMGaMiaV0MQTCKZ-3ubJg7zL2bdgYT-DhyAI3sQG_Y6nDbc7JzUhyphenhyphenNY_dy0-F-vcny9lkJP6-_ge64gzVvfoZ_53vENuNwOqzxeLhdRyWj_o4Ic2LtM/s2560/1-billionare-ebook.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-mCf8JGtxMt2e96Hw-PD7pJSnjWmsa56GleWUTXijqzXYvuOix3arfhlUU_-farzcoDVmkbBlMGaMiaV0MQTCKZ-3ubJg7zL2bdgYT-DhyAI3sQG_Y6nDbc7JzUhyphenhyphenNY_dy0-F-vcny9lkJP6-_ge64gzVvfoZ_53vENuNwOqzxeLhdRyWj_o4Ic2LtM/s320/1-billionare-ebook.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">And that’s why brides and grooms hire her.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Because she makes it all go away.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Wedding Protectors, Inc., is here to make sure that special day stays special.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Whatever it takes.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">No matter what.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">But when her newest client turns out to be her own long-lost high school sweetheart, rising tech star billionaire Caleb Mikelmas, suddenly Kari’s not sure whether she’s protecting the wedding couple —</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Or her own heart.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Tech billionaire Caleb never thought he had a chance, much less a second chance with his first love and high school sweetheart, Kari. When a case of mistaken identity turns their reunion into one big misunderstanding, unraveling his feelings about the one who got away while supporting his brother’s nuptials means facing old demons.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">And kissing Kari.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">He likes kissing Kari far more than that whole demon thing.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">But if kisses were enough, Kari would already be his wife.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Maybe it’s time to revisit the past and right some wrongs.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">One vow at a time.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Welcome to the Whatever It Takes series:</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Every bride needs something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue -</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">But you know what brides don't need?</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Complications.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Welcome to Wedding Protectors, Inc. Have a spritzer or a latte or some lovely Zen tea and sink into a comfortable chair in our sunlit offices as we listen to your wedding problem – and form the perfect solution to every possible contingency.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">We plan for everything.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Except our own love lives.</span></span></p><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">But that's not your problem. ;)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Google Play: </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Vn7aEAAAQBAJ " target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Vn7aEAAAQBAJ</span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Print: </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Never-Billionaires-Wedding-Whatever-Takes/dp/1638801975/ " target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.amazon.com/Never-Billionaires-Wedding-Whatever-Takes/dp/1638801975/</span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Website: </span><a href="https://jkentauthor.com/books/whatever-it-takes/never-plan/ " target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://jkentauthor.com/books/whatever-it-takes/never-plan/</span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">BookBub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/never-plan-a-billionaire-s-wedding-whatever-it-takes-book-1-by-julia-kent " target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.bookbub.com/books/never-plan-a-billionaire-s-wedding-whatever-it-takes-book-1-by-julia-kent</span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Goodreads: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199278585-never-plan-a-billionaire-s-wedding " target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199278585-never-plan-a-billionaire-s-wedding</span></span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Audible: COMING SOON</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Amazon Audio: COMING SOON</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">iTunes: COMING SOON</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsyiilS5O2UtUtuAfHl9gjBTMqWlA0nrayMz6q06HocSxgo-65s3y_CRnjYpoBGAQPROLVlU34DtLiyCh7IgWrcq5ZLw3NqRpJluOfynJIiVEsVCIya8PHwA7XZ1Ukv7BrBh_zD0_TJJkiFHWCQAWexiudqvJ9zbwNdaDU7RL8fr67dJSbF7l8PUC2dI/s1080/NPABQ%20teaser%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsyiilS5O2UtUtuAfHl9gjBTMqWlA0nrayMz6q06HocSxgo-65s3y_CRnjYpoBGAQPROLVlU34DtLiyCh7IgWrcq5ZLw3NqRpJluOfynJIiVEsVCIya8PHwA7XZ1Ukv7BrBh_zD0_TJJkiFHWCQAWexiudqvJ9zbwNdaDU7RL8fr67dJSbF7l8PUC2dI/s320/NPABQ%20teaser%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Excerpt </span></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“I'm asking you out for coffee, Kari, because I want to spend time with you.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Her mouth dropped. Katie knew what it was like to have a groomsman hit on you in the middle of wedding plans, but this was a first.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>A groom!</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>And of all the guys…</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Caleb!” she gasped. “You're asking me out on a </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">date?</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">”</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>He smiled. “Now we're getting somewhere.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“No! You're getting </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nowhere</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">!”</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“Got to second base back in high school. Remember my mom’s old Explorer? We used to park it down by the beach–”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>THWACK!</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>With a snap of her wrist, she hit him, hard, in the chest.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>The hard part came from the three-ring binder full of Carolina's ideas.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“What about Carolina?” she asked as his hands deftly caught the binder before it broke his foot.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“What about her?”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“You're </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cheating</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> on her? Now? With </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">me?</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">”</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“I'm </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what? </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">No! How could I be cheating? Carolina doesn't care if I go out with you!”</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>A rush of ice-cold numbness took over her body.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“Caleb Mikelmas, you are not the man I once knew! Maybe all that success and money turned your morality into a hormone-filled lust swamp, but that is not how I live. Silicon Valley is full of all those tech bros orgy parties, and I cannot believe you’re one of them!”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“Orgy? Kari, what are you – ”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“You can't just ask me out when I'm planning your wedding!”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“I still can’t believe you said the word orgy.”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“And I cannot believe you’re jeopardizing your wedding to try to get me into bed!”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Bed? What? I said </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">coffee</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">! And hold on. MY wedding? Kari, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wedding? I'm not getting married!”</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>“You're breaking up with Carolina so you can mess around with me?”</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Full-throated laughter was the very last item on Kari’s short list of Things Caleb Would Do After Asking Her to Help Him Cheat on His Fiancée (Who Hired Wedding Protectors for Their Wedding).</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>But laugh, he did.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>So she did what any self-respecting woman would do.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>She shoved the heel of her Jimmy Choo stiletto into his arch.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Which made him fold in half and drop the binder.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>As color-coded spreadsheets and post-it tabs went flying, she turned on said heel to storm out, her pride damaged but not destroyed, her exit so teeth-rattlingly livid that she didn’t feel a single bit of remorse for hurting him.</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Until he shouted:</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Kari, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I'm</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> not marrying Carolina! My brother, Christian, is!”</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">Author Bio:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New York Times</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">USA Today</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New York Times</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">USA Today</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;">She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. 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font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Good Morning, Readers, I know it's been a while—sorry that—but to make it up to you, I've got a great friend and author as my special guest today. Please welcome back the dynamic writing duo, Adriana Kraft, with a tease from their latest release!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xmdGjB5DyBkN1tkseZ5fxz_sWYKZKi8c73eTkTVny-T5bfSXLe5rFqMibfmcqq3E040Tq-ppJQf0NT5kD8RQpQmchEWIhT02I0-rcXvw4STob2PYAP9oAJmEjAPhgba_n7fpvymMDhmQuhzk6xy83tOhCMH6MaUzhJZXfOt8RzhsbqxkP_KB0ECj4qU/s600/NewRelease.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xmdGjB5DyBkN1tkseZ5fxz_sWYKZKi8c73eTkTVny-T5bfSXLe5rFqMibfmcqq3E040Tq-ppJQf0NT5kD8RQpQmchEWIhT02I0-rcXvw4STob2PYAP9oAJmEjAPhgba_n7fpvymMDhmQuhzk6xy83tOhCMH6MaUzhJZXfOt8RzhsbqxkP_KB0ECj4qU/w400-h134/NewRelease.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-87911488-7fff-0158-ad6d-988e5325e15a"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><b>Accidental Contact</b> </span></span></div><span style="color: #01ffff;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: x-large;"><i>Adriana Kraft</i></span></div></span></span><div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56lDE7bgaC_s2vwgi3EVWmL1_EgJO7FOd7TpVAfEyznOhddBA_k7yvvPiuSTX-j2FAeH70abV7b8XVZ-lrRekVzwc1HNAEZNIYy9e2Q1x0kxi96_giV6DhwXckDnPPRCrACDtGDl7IDw45ob66nULGLoKgAriJQfJt_FIv59AxPkQ-UHhPSzPZggETEc/s1080/New%20Release.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56lDE7bgaC_s2vwgi3EVWmL1_EgJO7FOd7TpVAfEyznOhddBA_k7yvvPiuSTX-j2FAeH70abV7b8XVZ-lrRekVzwc1HNAEZNIYy9e2Q1x0kxi96_giV6DhwXckDnPPRCrACDtGDl7IDw45ob66nULGLoKgAriJQfJt_FIv59AxPkQ-UHhPSzPZggETEc/s320/New%20Release.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">BOOK INFORMATION</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Accidental Contact,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> By Adriana Kraft</span></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Release date: November 3, 2023</span></span></div></span><p style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">ASIN B0CMHLHL</span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Genre: Erotic Romance</span></div></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Length: Short Story</span></div></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pairing: FF</span></div></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Tropes: Cougar Story, New York City, Snowbound, Just One Bed</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhZ94FeT8FlbZCjo9n0CPUFJhk3vw3Ju-lkykUc1tkITtPhUWNnw2EnHxTidkxcpofSAqeUGhRuhy3fSx1kIBTBnG2sgnOUI40NoEIKnFCH4QLjAuuHaOep4q20TKyfFaim6pfSoR-LyFxlKhsxyeUXqeEHvO4dFHORItHEwJcm5h_8WMMKbq9O_9Zqw/s600/The%20Blurb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhZ94FeT8FlbZCjo9n0CPUFJhk3vw3Ju-lkykUc1tkITtPhUWNnw2EnHxTidkxcpofSAqeUGhRuhy3fSx1kIBTBnG2sgnOUI40NoEIKnFCH4QLjAuuHaOep4q20TKyfFaim6pfSoR-LyFxlKhsxyeUXqeEHvO4dFHORItHEwJcm5h_8WMMKbq9O_9Zqw/s320/The%20Blurb.png" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; 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Now they’re snowbound in New York City in a hotel room with only one bed. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP4ino29IP-JYJlo7NANH9YMBcE3duVVXmydrmDGSpUFOuQzDtkDL6c9K0oViYd-W0vLxXtk0FVGLuPrDD5Hs7Vg3eMkYQZc5TUzOKDx_EEYySG8GgotyQJKMPk2_dBqgAhEMvFG1KGInE5RygzrflOsJdjvGN02hA3k8gsxBUZHoq7g3Bgo9EocfPYM/w320-h107/Guest%20Post%20-%20Pick%20a%20Genre%20Already.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">What romantic pairings do you love to read? Straight f/m? Bisexual f/f/m? Lesbian f/f? I’m half of the writing duo Adriana Kraft, and we love writing (and reading) all these pairings. Our newest release is a sapphic short story we wrote for an anthology over a decade ago, then revised and updated to release under our indie imprint. Is it really erotic romance? It’s definitely erotic, featuring one of my favorite f/f scenes as Natalie is caught between her fears and her desires in the middle of the night. Since it’s a short story, I’d call it happy-for-now, with a promising future.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">And the inspiration? I love New York City, and we love setting stories there. I especially love it in the winter – Rockefeller center, with its giant tree and all the skaters, Central Park, Fifth Avenue with all the shoppers and window displays. Was I ever snowbound there? No, but I was stranded for two steamy August days during the great East Coast blackout of 2003. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Our conference was just concluding on the NYU campus in Greenwich Village when the power went out. When we left the building across from Washington Square Park, it seemed the entire city was on foot, rumors circulating wildly. Pretty quickly we knew it wasn’t just New York. With 9-11 less than two years behind us, there was speculation about the possibility of terrorism. I can’t remember how quickly that was dispelled with information about failure of the power grid in the heat wave. I do remember that several of us decided to walk the two miles north on Fifth Avenue to our hotel rather than try to board a bus. With no stoplights operating, traffic was basically gridlocked.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Part way back we found a Chinese restaurant with ready-to-go meals they had no way of keeping, and we bought supper, then sat and ate it on the steps of the beautiful beaux arts library at 42</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="vertical-align: super;">nd</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Street. When we finally reached the hotel, the elevator was out of service, but the staff had set out small candles on every step of the narrow spiral staircase leading up from the lobby, a welcome sight.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">So many flights were cancelled that it was clear we wouldn’t get out of the city for a couple days. Some power was restored by the next day, and a friend and I took advantage of the nearby Times Square box office to get last minute discount tickets for two shows. I don’t know what adventures our heroines Natalie and Bridgette might get up to after their bedroom adventure, but I’m sure they’ll find ways to enjoy the city.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmkzcLuZ90vpIDAqY235uD4l-Tkvsk7peGs_jolLjGEMmqGW9f3PDLToi3i8Y-gR8-SqxRLocxnSjq62rqiTGU2RfyrdOanBNQHWdumKPXk3m7XmPSz0fulq2aUFoNC79S83SXztr9l-h-MZDFhmhWc_J4WSsonBXA-6QmHJnp9A4IEheZc3VQ00jxqA/s600/Excerpt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmkzcLuZ90vpIDAqY235uD4l-Tkvsk7peGs_jolLjGEMmqGW9f3PDLToi3i8Y-gR8-SqxRLocxnSjq62rqiTGU2RfyrdOanBNQHWdumKPXk3m7XmPSz0fulq2aUFoNC79S83SXztr9l-h-MZDFhmhWc_J4WSsonBXA-6QmHJnp9A4IEheZc3VQ00jxqA/s320/Excerpt.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">“Are you ready for me to shut off the TV?”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">“Yes. I’ve heard enough chatter by pundits.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">“Me, too.” Natalie hit the off button, set the remote aside, and rolled onto her side to face the wall. The mattress shifted as Bridgette turned to face the opposite wall. “Good night,” Natalie murmured.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">“Good night. I’m looking forward to being snowbound with you in New York.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Closing her eyes, Natalie didn’t respond. She concentrated on breathing in and out. The predicted blizzard was a pleasant surprise that might prove to be the tipping point.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">She’d done all she could do. It was up to fate now. She wouldn’t risk being rejected by her younger colleague. They’d traveled together several times representing their firm at realty conferences. She’d been surprised how comfortable they were as travel companions, respecting each other’s routines. Bridgette chattered too much, but then Bridgette had probably had to adjust to some of Natalie’s idiosyncrasies, too.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Usually they shared a room with two beds. When they’d checked in at the front desk, Natalie had somewhat berated the clerk for their sleeping arrangements—but she was the one who’d explicitly requested one queen bed when making the reservation. She’d also anticipated correctly that given the size of the conference, there’d be no available rooms with two beds.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Natalie wished she could make the next overture, but she couldn’t. Pride intervened. 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My husband – a criminologist – is my partner in crime. We’ve been writing romance together for twenty years and by now have published more than fifty novels and novellas.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our goal? To write characters you’ll care about, hot sex scenes, and compelling stories you can’t put down. Our romantic suspense novels deliver one man, one woman, danger, intrigue, and of course lots of steam. Our erotic romance is edgier and nearly always includes ménage or polyamory. As you’ve probably guessed, our romantic pairings include MF, FF, and the ménage arrangements FFM, FMF, MFM, foursomes, and more. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">After many years in the upper Midwest struggling with ice-packed driveways and foot-deep snow, we gave my mother’s antiques to the kids, sold our house, and spent a couple years traveling the county in our motor home while working remotely. We especially loved spending several weeks in a region, learning its history and its less popular hidden gems. Santa Fe, Taos, Puget Sound, and the Black Hills were special favorites. </span></span></p><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;">We now live in sunny southern Arizona, where we enjoy hiking, golf, and travel, especially to the many Arizona Native American historical sites. Oh – and if it’s too hot to go outside? We’ll probably hold an impromptu writing retreat. 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line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">BookBub </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/adriana-kraft " target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/adriana-kraft</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></a></p></span></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-38335317076469447082023-08-10T08:00:00.001-04:002023-08-10T08:00:00.152-04:00Release Blitz : WILD [A Mafia Rose Novella] by Brooke Harper @thebrookeharper #MafiaRomance #agegap #DarkRomance | @agarcia6510<p> </p><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQlxf92uKATDgnnzj6guViUZ_RrDy5BPpu7wgjDQKf3kBICIryfmqmJ396_GDNJxWVfGUBPQTaQw_Tuh9jo5rPhe428mq6L_UY2bvW0y5_-ggIuBp0-Qh-dQwOV2IFIWXEi6s4xzDPYO1zWFosY2YH80ENP-Qz8x3XN5MWkVe3JVBAo3yCEkOslWUrC4C/s820/WILD%20RDB%20BANNER.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQlxf92uKATDgnnzj6guViUZ_RrDy5BPpu7wgjDQKf3kBICIryfmqmJ396_GDNJxWVfGUBPQTaQw_Tuh9jo5rPhe428mq6L_UY2bvW0y5_-ggIuBp0-Qh-dQwOV2IFIWXEi6s4xzDPYO1zWFosY2YH80ENP-Qz8x3XN5MWkVe3JVBAo3yCEkOslWUrC4C/w513-h196/WILD%20RDB%20BANNER.png" width="513" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Wild</span> </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #f1c232;"><b>(Mafia Rose Novella)</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: white;">Author: </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Brooke Harper</span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Genre: Dark Mafia Romance</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">Cover Designer: EmCat Designs</div></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Publication Date: August 10</span><sup>th</sup><span face="Arial, sans-serif">, 2023</span></div></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: white;">Hosted by:</span> </span><a href="about:blank"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Lady Amber's PR</span></a></div></span></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6LT9pQPtyhkHK5MFWG8i11cZ3c_m5DsSzOtQQGM5eicEaVRcCS_RxWP6ga3PIufzkdRLXcmjJcensrJmHVmnmvUmjvK7OxuewDSRM8o4GR4aGE_sm-mk4A6tWo9LYfVIsMQ1LTgG2PifVrm_z9WMpzflMfeUkhOI25xQdwcrRjBJvCinsJpb5WFYvw/s2700/WildCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6LT9pQPtyhkHK5MFWG8i11cZ3c_m5DsSzOtQQGM5eicEaVRcCS_RxWP6ga3PIufzkdRLXcmjJcensrJmHVmnmvUmjvK7OxuewDSRM8o4GR4aGE_sm-mk4A6tWo9LYfVIsMQ1LTgG2PifVrm_z9WMpzflMfeUkhOI25xQdwcrRjBJvCinsJpb5WFYvw/w426-h640/WildCover.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><i>Rose did the one thing I never thought possible…she found my heart.</i><br /><br />As blackened and hard as it may be, she stole it, owns it. Somehow, through it all, she made me feel a little less ruthless. A little less like a monster.<br /><br />That’s just how Rose is.<br /><br />She’s my weakness—she always has been—and soon, I’ll be able to call her my wife. Mrs. Wilder. Then, she’ll be mine in every sense of the word.<br /><br />But when an old enemy tries to rip my family and my empire apart, the wedding plans have to be put on hold. I refuse to let anyone take away the happiness I’ve worked so hard to find.<br /><br />The happiness we <i>deserve</i>.<br /><br />To keep my place at the head of the Wilder table, I’ll need to open old wounds. Go deeper than I’ve ever gone before. Be that monster again.<br /><br />I’ll do it, but this time, I’ll do it with Rose by my side.<br /><br />It’s the only way we’re going to make it to the altar alive.</span><br /><br /><i>This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://geni.us/WildLAR">NOW LIVE!</a></span></i></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123318439-wild" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="41" data-original-width="130" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvu2FAfumO9BCHIzurwrf3aPfGXyDE7yiARbjVdF4lkAbx6SCdX9PGf57griWavGXLmp7K6YoX6-0YKlwrgdwscpU9n548g8ZFHgCR7rmWg7A8yICUJ5gRETyaZirgKXYgBmdf67S-0Tur_hZfiVNCCzUhC0D6cIgjW9OgtizOkNdj4Oyk0qtdSWZsA/s1600/AddtoGoodreads.png" width="130" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm-ogz_DUqKbH-C0pCSW0MER3zIEZDFdAZhx6OUjRlrFQUs13LMW7RYqljDEZIUGqP4KQkoPOquCTBetudTk6TS_RRTGgGXzrQxlRJYLp4wBKnIN05W-efE4Uq_UMSxOSoGLjE71iBjEu6ebMt-e0c9bHorwb7rYzLd_WxeWGllTNQ_aso2l2iyAa9JNX/s1416/HAB_Wild_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1416" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm-ogz_DUqKbH-C0pCSW0MER3zIEZDFdAZhx6OUjRlrFQUs13LMW7RYqljDEZIUGqP4KQkoPOquCTBetudTk6TS_RRTGgGXzrQxlRJYLp4wBKnIN05W-efE4Uq_UMSxOSoGLjE71iBjEu6ebMt-e0c9bHorwb7rYzLd_WxeWGllTNQ_aso2l2iyAa9JNX/s320/HAB_Wild_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye3ru8Ucuwu1xDc6xkAXo4u5Ecpq-8EH1eN2_aropl0ymmQWlD8cGtOB7QHy4JBZVh4CClwfttnNmMV-UdtyNv0qqHZCDHFw4pgAAx4AcTQQnukHODzCq73ydsQ-KMG_h8ippbs_Q6fGCHWtSWtxKpJ9A37NHd1MECRlCC9Oaau8nlKCSweUjYlYvQ/s259/Author-Bio.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="82" data-original-width="259" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye3ru8Ucuwu1xDc6xkAXo4u5Ecpq-8EH1eN2_aropl0ymmQWlD8cGtOB7QHy4JBZVh4CClwfttnNmMV-UdtyNv0qqHZCDHFw4pgAAx4AcTQQnukHODzCq73ydsQ-KMG_h8ippbs_Q6fGCHWtSWtxKpJ9A37NHd1MECRlCC9Oaau8nlKCSweUjYlYvQ/s1600/Author-Bio.png" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg6F-g4gv3l8olvTH-T6GUsdBUlT0h_tT0sGOFjeJGPPKtVnr5ObCCwX_uhglfKOCBlwMovJ37BgkhHiS7KMP3soE4q2-TmEHuSU7PeHzLZ-DapnmYrz3DohS6N1bG1-1AWoyjgfN_VqaxT40EGspOqHR0IK1XxaqsWyogGmmyQ4v8MDoZyD9cbDaOQ/s1500/BrookeHarperLogoFinal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg6F-g4gv3l8olvTH-T6GUsdBUlT0h_tT0sGOFjeJGPPKtVnr5ObCCwX_uhglfKOCBlwMovJ37BgkhHiS7KMP3soE4q2-TmEHuSU7PeHzLZ-DapnmYrz3DohS6N1bG1-1AWoyjgfN_VqaxT40EGspOqHR0IK1XxaqsWyogGmmyQ4v8MDoZyD9cbDaOQ/s320/BrookeHarperLogoFinal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><b>Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. 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Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-6125765896036917332023-07-28T05:00:00.001-04:002023-07-28T05:00:00.140-04:00New Release Guest Post with Adriana Kraft - Seren's Story : From Beyond The Curtain #eroticromance #paranormal #timetravel #lgbtq<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Libre Baskerville;">Happy Friday, folks. We're starting the weekend off with a bang! If you are a regular around here, you know I love me some steamy time-travel. So, I'm delighted to welcome back dynamic author duo Adriana Kraft with a sneak peek of the second part to Seren's Story : From Beyond the Curtain — erotic, paranormal, time-travel with a twist. Enjoy!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">* * *</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> <span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">If you missed <i>part one</i> here's the link to Adriana's guest post here at Pick a Genre Already — </span></span><a href="https://www.pickgenrealready.com/2023/05/new-release-two-seeds-are-sown-serens.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">Seren's Story: Two Seeds are Sown</span></i></a></b></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhszkJJK0XaO8mPi57QRY8nsXdQjfEeDluCiQ6aSem1WqmyFvho2TVBRnsE58Un_2Q0lXBATnUcVDloVp_l8fRyWIT4fveTSQnAtblMDcw12TuO6VCPClQ_6xXk04y_GRBJ7YjXIkyP8y7UsZUcamn39h3dlb2EkVGh7KH4eU58TvykPDGyVDnhjbgbJ8/s600/NewRelease.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhszkJJK0XaO8mPi57QRY8nsXdQjfEeDluCiQ6aSem1WqmyFvho2TVBRnsE58Un_2Q0lXBATnUcVDloVp_l8fRyWIT4fveTSQnAtblMDcw12TuO6VCPClQ_6xXk04y_GRBJ7YjXIkyP8y7UsZUcamn39h3dlb2EkVGh7KH4eU58TvykPDGyVDnhjbgbJ8/s320/NewRelease.png" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Title: <i>From Beyond the Curtain</i></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Author: Adriana Kraft</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Series: <i>Seren’s Story,</i> Book Two</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Publisher: Extasy Books</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Release Date: July 14, 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Length: 22,500 words
</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">ISBN: 978-1-4874-3897-5</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: white;">Genres: Contemporary Erotic Romance, Paranormal, Time
Travel</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvaSyp61yOLu6TViVglLlfvYcyN6O2dgejEghWe_rMxn-Bbrz38wbKPt9cVTowVduY35wNyI90g-1HEDDV2KCCEi-cFYu8JglCYj_-bd2RLnp1U9GTg--_aBageZRSvztd3X23QxR2Ekn9bsMJ0wFvA1EF6wjpffgbBgrPl-4kvCVnzQVOFfT-Rl-F2U/s1080/Seren%202%20Log%20Line.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvaSyp61yOLu6TViVglLlfvYcyN6O2dgejEghWe_rMxn-Bbrz38wbKPt9cVTowVduY35wNyI90g-1HEDDV2KCCEi-cFYu8JglCYj_-bd2RLnp1U9GTg--_aBageZRSvztd3X23QxR2Ekn9bsMJ0wFvA1EF6wjpffgbBgrPl-4kvCVnzQVOFfT-Rl-F2U/w400-h400/Seren%202%20Log%20Line.png" width="400" /></a></div><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="FirstLine" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Is she a ghost? A visitor from another time and
place? A siren? A temptress? Or just a meddling dream mistress? </b></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJwh48BhTRyusRfqzPD5iLuTcuYDEwwLQKsoSNX-qqtob06bB81ZrVyg6vj3XdhbC3RkfLucaxly23Y4InQAgdGN8930g6UtYfGSKDiDfpRJFvMlUC7BNUOjWlvqtyENlAhEO6sANKOhAkfrILEEwfqH27AK9b01SYsGA3fC12d4MwMcvZbm8BEu28As/s648/FromBeyondTheCurtain6x9.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJwh48BhTRyusRfqzPD5iLuTcuYDEwwLQKsoSNX-qqtob06bB81ZrVyg6vj3XdhbC3RkfLucaxly23Y4InQAgdGN8930g6UtYfGSKDiDfpRJFvMlUC7BNUOjWlvqtyENlAhEO6sANKOhAkfrILEEwfqH27AK9b01SYsGA3fC12d4MwMcvZbm8BEu28As/s320/FromBeyondTheCurtain6x9.jpg" width="213" /></a></b></span></i></div><i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i><p></p>
<p class="FirstLine" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Seren has bided her time for centuries, waiting for
the moment when two of her descendants fall in love and release her, finally,
from the place between worlds. The many gifts Seren has inherited from her
ancestors—time travel, entering dreams, telepathic communication—have been
unsuccessful thus far. Will Gwen and Dante be the ones? <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Gwen McFarland has always been in touch
with her Celtic roots. When Seren—who looks to Gwen like a Celtic
goddess—materializes and invites her to a love tryst in another time and place,
she does not hesitate. That Seren sometimes brings along another woman is
simply an added benefit. </b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Fast paced trial lawyer Dante Emmanuel has
no time for sentimentality or relationships. A string of satisfying sexual
encounters suits him just fine. He’s mystified when a recurring figure enters
his dream life, but he won’t turn down Seren’s exotic sexual talents or the
dreams that now seem more real than ever. </b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Who will make the first move in this
three-part game of chess? Timing is everything.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nfZDHLmgkaOxZk3YTdO4ma7F2cZ3NllAu3tT1rbUcgbAvh9iIRG_GgCYR6BTrN200RC5T_IywDsqNkTZ-7NLpIe_F5mEDjmYyMxfXfPRfJ0_eQO9PbZqhZTc__VEGPjbXLLmjtnZH4oYuyAJDJapM0puJHMS_RCgseuItVhOhPPbo63f0tDb27_ENRU/s600/Buy%20Links.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nfZDHLmgkaOxZk3YTdO4ma7F2cZ3NllAu3tT1rbUcgbAvh9iIRG_GgCYR6BTrN200RC5T_IywDsqNkTZ-7NLpIe_F5mEDjmYyMxfXfPRfJ0_eQO9PbZqhZTc__VEGPjbXLLmjtnZH4oYuyAJDJapM0puJHMS_RCgseuItVhOhPPbo63f0tDb27_ENRU/s320/Buy%20Links.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>What are your favorite paranormal features
in erotic romance? I’m especially fascinated with time travel – perhaps to an
earlier era in our own world, or perhaps even to an unknown world. If you’ve
ever meditated to a trance state, studied shamanism, learned Reiki, or joined a
drumming circle, you may have sampled experiences that have this quality, even
if you never physically left the space where you sat.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>As best we can learn in the modern era, the
Celts of northwest Europe and the British Isles accepted such experiences as
common. With great ritual and effort, they believed they could cast themselves
to another location and interact with the people there. Sometimes they could
bring back a physical object from the other dimension, and in times of great
danger, perhaps even a person.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>This form of time travel was one of the
Celtic gifts my husband and I bestowed on Seren when we were crafting this
series. In her life during the third century AD, Seren was able to communicate
with her deceased grandmother, and she could visit her daughter across time and
space, appearing in the daughter’s dreams. Trapped between worlds since her
death, she retains these abilities. </b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>We chose to treat this gift as something handed
down across the centuries in the DNA of Seren’s descendants. Some may have
carried only a trace, while in others the gift was more concentrated. For some,
perhaps a wise teacher was available to help them hone and amplify the gift.
For a few across the millennia, Seren became the teacher, traveling across time
and space to join them.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>In <i>From Beyond the Curtain</i>, Seren’s
Welsh descendant Gwen is so richly gifted she has already time traveled before
our story opens. Dante, on the other hand, treats any such experience as merely
a dream, though he’d love to have more of them.</b></span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Our three characters still have much to learn
about what they can and cannot do in such travels. What are the rules? What do
Gwen and Dante bring back from their other world encounters? And for Seren, are
the gods who unfairly trapped her between worlds still playing with her? To say
more would be to create spoilers.</b></span></span><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJTdNMGrF10KbsWyPjFSzjiGvUlFQroidlzuKMEpsDVTlllOjSxVjEUQm5io_P_e7bU-yruRSb3Z1n8KPkjoucVZ0S36yHnBd7qyr-IQVNflbvQvj4OSIvkldB7sGKp6ZY5j8mk4ePkFpM_PQZJIhsfa9my7h62_EMnbcOpPxjZCcSyuE1LnE4-x6Ww8/s1600/from%20beyond%20transparent%20print.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1600" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJTdNMGrF10KbsWyPjFSzjiGvUlFQroidlzuKMEpsDVTlllOjSxVjEUQm5io_P_e7bU-yruRSb3Z1n8KPkjoucVZ0S36yHnBd7qyr-IQVNflbvQvj4OSIvkldB7sGKp6ZY5j8mk4ePkFpM_PQZJIhsfa9my7h62_EMnbcOpPxjZCcSyuE1LnE4-x6Ww8/s320/from%20beyond%20transparent%20print.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl2D1Al-Mf4NRkW7cgqLDuqKcRkfv9IVDdvbIFPl1bueaArgIfdoR0K92CxhfmOXDhSD7hbANsUFDDuetWEJez0TmZjDAMNKg3OUuRkhEB3mjvuniFjdRcm8AVYKzplCmrV79kzTJxT2KcH4ps-O3QG1JgmOE_BPeyIlioxOBLQtUlCUpqGUYx6U5MFE/s600/Excerpt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl2D1Al-Mf4NRkW7cgqLDuqKcRkfv9IVDdvbIFPl1bueaArgIfdoR0K92CxhfmOXDhSD7hbANsUFDDuetWEJez0TmZjDAMNKg3OUuRkhEB3mjvuniFjdRcm8AVYKzplCmrV79kzTJxT2KcH4ps-O3QG1JgmOE_BPeyIlioxOBLQtUlCUpqGUYx6U5MFE/s320/Excerpt.png" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div><h1 style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Chapter
One</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="FirstLine" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Inhaling the strange yet familiar exotic scent, Gwen
McFarland stretched her naked body to its full length and ran her fingers
through her hair. She loved this place, though she didn't know exactly where it
was. She beamed at her phantom lover, whom she'd visited off and on for over a
year now, though she still had little idea who Seren might actually be. Seren
was real. That was all that mattered. It didn't matter that Seren was from
beyond the curtain—somehow beyond the veil of time and space. Gwen herself had
come by time travel naturally. It was in her blood, in her Celtic roots.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>She'd time traveled before Seren had
beckoned her to this small cottage by an oak grove—a collection of giant,
ancient oaks, so different from the sere desert of Gwen’s native Arizona. She’d
never seen anything like them.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>She'd had lovers in other times and other
places. With few exceptions, they'd been female lovers. Most had only sought
her out once or twice. Seren was different. Gwen had been called to the grove
seven times, and Seren had visited Gwen in her own time and place twice. Gwen
shivered slightly. She hadn't expected any of her time travel lovers to come to
her. That wasn’t the way it worked. But she knew she hadn't dreamed Seren's
presence. Seren was as real as anyone she knew, in whatever time or space.</b></span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Today? Today was even more unusual. All other
times, Seren had appeared at night in Gwen’s dream and joined her there or
traveled with her to the grove. This morning, Gwen had been at her desk,
awaiting her next physical therapy client, when she’d suddenly found herself
here in bed with Seren—and now it felt as if they’d made passionate, exquisite
love all night.</b></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6H4O4-aM90ccL-6pK9pt_zsVyHEwHBoddeXBglF2qsuP3XFHOF-2bPgdbhhCxdV-LArpuzz62YzGQDglf8gu_RtCg9JR7B6i8plvV2VY9bAcXCSb-hN5JWGkjyY347MVeczFbkd_jupcncvrdVPtqv7Ia04VnPgaYzCcD-Euv4_ZKkBU2rd8kKu6vs8/s1855/from%20beyond%20transparent%20phone.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1443" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6H4O4-aM90ccL-6pK9pt_zsVyHEwHBoddeXBglF2qsuP3XFHOF-2bPgdbhhCxdV-LArpuzz62YzGQDglf8gu_RtCg9JR7B6i8plvV2VY9bAcXCSb-hN5JWGkjyY347MVeczFbkd_jupcncvrdVPtqv7Ia04VnPgaYzCcD-Euv4_ZKkBU2rd8kKu6vs8/s320/from%20beyond%20transparent%20phone.png" width="249" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmzrc77azvWJuIDd0ArusBp3C2Q_EnBPqrc3DWwPVCi7-geXEoQVMj3DMaZ7SzBgThFsNgmnZYqIzpcdiZ6pqyDAosfs03-zIY3y-oUaLlqbqANu_7FfKTRKyTNyKwMqgjZLr9NCFSUoPiuogf22gbmAI5iA1zlm7CsKuSGZFCTVVsGiBR5cxpoSuKRQ/s600/About%20the%20Author.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmzrc77azvWJuIDd0ArusBp3C2Q_EnBPqrc3DWwPVCi7-geXEoQVMj3DMaZ7SzBgThFsNgmnZYqIzpcdiZ6pqyDAosfs03-zIY3y-oUaLlqbqANu_7FfKTRKyTNyKwMqgjZLr9NCFSUoPiuogf22gbmAI5iA1zlm7CsKuSGZFCTVVsGiBR5cxpoSuKRQ/s320/About%20the%20Author.png" width="320" /></span></a></div></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhD6iKJMH0zUNKUjm8-lRNv5c8Ua-VkqCcJTLeU3PMcUE8RhEAwxQK-IgqmHYHFxrrwc__9XEAmW0x0dY7Hu7edZw3FQ-pCVRplxvrTxKavusOiQ8O-T0N7R6ZrySPMgff7wb_bmMGRU9TjOaMS1EZ4qe1CmM4lIdkYfnJ4zVGptXyj0Bp1pT-Z18uYQ/s300/adrianakraft-black_300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhD6iKJMH0zUNKUjm8-lRNv5c8Ua-VkqCcJTLeU3PMcUE8RhEAwxQK-IgqmHYHFxrrwc__9XEAmW0x0dY7Hu7edZw3FQ-pCVRplxvrTxKavusOiQ8O-T0N7R6ZrySPMgff7wb_bmMGRU9TjOaMS1EZ4qe1CmM4lIdkYfnJ4zVGptXyj0Bp1pT-Z18uYQ/w200-h200/adrianakraft-black_300.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Adriana Kraft is the pen name for a married
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Author: </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">Eva Winners</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white;">Genre: Dark Mafia Romance</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tropes: Single Dad, Grumpy/Sunshine, </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Forced </span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Proximity</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: July 6, 2023</b></span></div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Enrico Marchetti.</span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the five Italian mafia kings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Powerful. Untouchable. Corrupt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It started with one innocent look across a room in Paris. He was a lot older than me. A Roman god dressed in an Italian suit, surrounded by an aura I couldn’t resist.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I ran into him again, he effortlessly pulled me under his spell. But little did I know, a night full of carnal pleasure would cost me everything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Enrico Marchetti wanted something, he didn’t just take it. He possessed it. Now, his sights were set on me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">There were secrets this man was keeping. They surrounded him, his dead wife, his children.</span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wanted no part of it, but there was no escaping him. He had taken me to his kingdom, locked the doors, and thrown away the key.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now the only thing left to do was fight. Even if it killed me.</div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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</div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-32102044209711549382023-06-28T05:00:00.041-04:002023-06-28T05:00:00.152-04:00New Release: Ripening Passion [Passion Series, bk 2] by Adriana Kraft #eroticromance #LGBTQIA #laterinlife<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have a Wicked Wednesday treat for you, dear readers. The Dynamic Duo that is Adriana Kraft is back with a sneak peek from their new release! Take it away, Adriana...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Rqp4Dkuhgqb1OGMZROOHyCWGCTG_JHvsK2zM72srot-54Sy3M9UkE2HnwN6mVjLiPW4HALxVL6-Swiz0djA55L__tB5SDUgxtkLKIoiIixOG9izg7lmDmMQHBR9Q7MUW8TH3Dga0rESN3bGjnLldP3VgoDAGXJxQHurAbqoR7vM901CoGnwiRYMk5s/s1080/Ripening%20Can%20Max%20melt%20NEW%20RELEASE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Rqp4Dkuhgqb1OGMZROOHyCWGCTG_JHvsK2zM72srot-54Sy3M9UkE2HnwN6mVjLiPW4HALxVL6-Swiz0djA55L__tB5SDUgxtkLKIoiIixOG9izg7lmDmMQHBR9Q7MUW8TH3Dga0rESN3bGjnLldP3VgoDAGXJxQHurAbqoR7vM901CoGnwiRYMk5s/w400-h400/Ripening%20Can%20Max%20melt%20NEW%20RELEASE.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk135988481"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Picture this: The year is 2006. You’re a bisexual woman in your late fifties, and your only significant love relationship was with a woman who died of cancer four years ago. What does your future hold? What do you hope for?</b></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Meet Claire Johnson, heroine of <i>Ripening Passion.</i> As with so many single professional mid-life women, satisfaction and meaning for her have become focused on career. Relationships take second place if they’re on the radar screen at all.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Claire is extremely happy with her work. She helped found and now co-directs a cutting-edge center for human sexuality in New York City, where she’s lived ever since her college graduation in the late sixties—an era of great social and sexual upheaval. Taking stock of her upscale Manhattan apartment, her trusted work colleagues, and her mission to enhance the sexual lives of others, she sees nothing she’d want to change, now or in the future.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Enter Max Wilson. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Can Max melt the Ice
Queen? Should he even try?</b></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Claire Johnson’s dedication
to sex—the cornerstone of her career—led her to help found the Center for
Sexuality and Sex Practices. Now in her fifties, she knows the Center must keep
pace with the rapidly growing Baby Boomer market, so she<a name="_Hlk135932560">
agrees to go back on camera for a series on sex and aging. But work with her
nemesis?</a></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Former English Professor
Max Wilson has championed the cause of the Center ever since his now deceased
wife sought the Center’s help to rekindle the nearly extinguished sexual flames
of their relationship. He loves working on camera and welcomes the challenge to
perform with the svelte but icy temptress.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Sparks fly immediately on
and off camera. The jury is out on whether either Max or Claire can transform
those sparks into a fire of sexual desire for their viewers—let alone for each
other.</b></span></span></p>
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font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Published by: eXtasy Books</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>ISBN: 978-1-4874-3813-5</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Length: 254 pages, 75813 words</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Publication Date: June 2, 2023</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Genres: Erotic Romance, LGBTQIA, Contemporary Romance</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Tags: Menage, Bisexual, New York City, Later in Life</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Heat Level: Four Flames</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pairings: MF, FF, FFF, FMF, MFM</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7DkL115o9c0HnL_aBO7hqitsYljqSv9sBOn63EGhrj1lCJZ8R5BjuyLAMbN77aNN-rZ98zX69DT-xfwKbtoNGWtoUOAfM4U4VT6VQpJp1JsFHBnpm6QRyMRdZ8Cqlwg35yajErsPX2jg38bWB7OylgGN2MLbCbVM85QbJYiIDdb76UaMdeVVJJp1aD0/s600/Excerpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7DkL115o9c0HnL_aBO7hqitsYljqSv9sBOn63EGhrj1lCJZ8R5BjuyLAMbN77aNN-rZ98zX69DT-xfwKbtoNGWtoUOAfM4U4VT6VQpJp1JsFHBnpm6QRyMRdZ8Cqlwg35yajErsPX2jg38bWB7OylgGN2MLbCbVM85QbJYiIDdb76UaMdeVVJJp1aD0/s320/Excerpt.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">R Rated</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“There sure are a lot of power walkers out this evening,” Claire said</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Max chuckled. “Do you suppose they’re power walkers, or are they just people in a rush to get somewhere?”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Good point. I imagine I used to rush like that.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“But not anymore?”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Claire shook her head, cradling his hand. “Not anymore. Time is rushing faster than I can manage. Don’t stare, but take a peek at the young couple at about two o’clock braced against the tree making out. They do seem to enjoy kissing.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Max looked, then nibbled Claire’s ear. “Who’s staring? You do have radar for lovers.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Cripes, she’s riding his knee. Oh my, a girl after my own heart. Max, she’s hanging onto his shoulder for dear life, but she’s not surrendering her perch on his thigh for anything. He’s looking around. Oops, I think he caught me watching. Ah.” Claire sighed. “She stopped, now they’re kissing wildly again.” Claire squeezed his fingers on her breast. “That girl had a damn good ride. Oh, to be young lovers again.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Being old lovers isn’t bad.” Max dipped his fingers under the fabric covering her breast.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“If that couple were to look across the way at us, they’d never guess I’m sitting here with my man caressing my nipple. And”—she turned and kissed his cheek—“that I’m wet as hell.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You could probably hump my knee and they wouldn’t even notice because they don’t expect it. That’s one advantage with age. People don’t expect us to be horny or do outrageous things.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“So true. And there’s something quite gratifying about defying their limited expectations. Perhaps we should go over and share our wisdom with the youngsters.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Max shook his head. “I doubt they’d listen.</b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">An
exciting opportunity could solve all Brianna's problems. But will it ultimately
create more?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brianna
Denton is a primary school teacher at the end of her tether. Budget cuts,
changes in legislation and a pandemic have left her feeling like walking away from
the only career she's ever wanted. The trouble is, if she did quit, what would
she do next? Living in London is expensive, and keeping on top of her rent and
bills while retraining would be nigh-on impossible. An offer to move in with
her best friend, Joel Harris, is appreciated, but feels way too much like
charity for her liking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But
then Joel throws her a curveball. On a complete whim, he's bought a fixer-upper
cottage on a remote Scottish island. He wants to transform it into an
uber-luxury holiday home and rent it out. To do that, however, he needs a
skilled, reliable workforce and a project manager to keep things running
smoothly. A visit to the island in question provides as many questions as
answers, but one thing becomes clear - Brianna is the perfect woman for the
job. She's smart, organised, works well under duress, and if she can handle a
classroom full of young children, surely a bunch of skilled tradesmen won't be
a problem. Working and living in such a stunning setting is a massive plus point,
too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana;">Brianna
takes a leap of faith, leaving her home and beloved career behind to help turn
Joel's dream into a reality. It's a steep learning curve, but Brianna is
definitely up for the challenge. But when working relationships develop into
something more, will it bring the entire project crashing down around her ears,
or is it simply the beginning of a whole new life?</span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Excerpt:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="chapterone"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Chapter One</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bookmark: chapterone;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brianna smiled as she caught sight of
Joel, already waiting for her outside the pub. His job as a high-flying London
City banker meant he put in some insane hours at work, but he ensured he was <i>always
</i>available and on time for their last-Friday-of-the-month meet up at their
favourite Thames-side establishment. Not only was it a lovely place, but the
location was perfect for them both—it was just far away enough from Joel’s work
it was unlikely he’d bump into any colleagues, and close enough to the primary
school Brianna taught in that she could tie up any loose ends and scurry the
short distance to meet her friend in no time at all. Today she’d had quite a
few loose ends, which always seemed to be the way lately, and was a few minutes
later than she’d planned, so was scurrying more quickly than usual, not wanting
to keep him waiting any longer than necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He hadn’t spotted her yet—he was
leaning against the wall, one expensively-shod foot propped up on the bricks
behind him, his head tilted up to the early spring sunshine, which even this
late in the day was surprisingly strong and picked up the few lighter strands
in his dark hair. He’d removed his tie—knowing him, the moment he set foot
outside his office building—the end of which poked from the pocket of his black
trousers, and rolled up the cuffs of his subtly-patterned shirt to expose most
of his forearms. The look was casual, relaxed. Handsome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In a parallel universe, she and Joel
might be a couple, off travelling the world together, or perhaps married and
getting ready to settle down and have a couple of kids. Maybe they’d have started
early and had the kids already. And a dog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In <i>this </i>universe, however, they
were best friends—had been since their first day of senior school at the tender
age of eleven. And while Brianna thought Joel handsome, it was in an impartial,
stating a fact way. She wasn’t attracted to him, and it wouldn’t have made a
difference if she was, because in <i>this </i>universe, Joel was as gay as they
came—a fact she hadn’t realised she’d already known, until at eighteen he’d sat
her down, his expression serious, and said he had something to tell her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Her heart had pounded, and a sick
feeling had taken over her stomach. Thoughts started racing through her
head—was one of his parents ill? Was <i>he </i>ill? Was he moving away? Unable
to cope with the internal onslaught of negativity any longer, she’d said, “For
Christ’s sake, Joel, spill the beans, would you? You’re freaking me the fuck
out.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His seriousness had morphed briefly to
annoyance, then resignation. He’d taken in and released a deep breath, then,
“Bree, I wanted you to be the first to know… I’m gay.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A sound somewhere between a squeak and
a giggle had escaped her lips before she could stop it. She’d clapped her hand
over her mouth for a second, then removed it and burst out with “Oh, you
idiot!” before landing a playful slap on his arm. “Is that all? I thought you
were going to say something bad. That something terrible was going on. Thank <i>God</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Joel had frowned. “So you… don’t mind?”
He’d paused, narrowed his eyes. “You don’t seem surprised.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She’d shaken her head. “Of course I
don’t mind<i>. </i>Why the hell would I mind? I’m not a homophobe. If blokes
float your boat, so be it. As long as you’re happy, I couldn’t give a toss.
And, for the record…” it had been her turn to pause, “I think I’ve known for
years.” She nodded as long-forgotten jigsaw pieces began slotting together in
her head, then shrugged. “Yeah. I have. Years.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And now, twenty years later, their
friendship had endured—flourished, even. Weathered storms, and basked in
sunlight—much as Joel continued to do as she grew closer. Her smile widened,
and she was glad she had on flat shoes—not only did it make both her job <i>and
</i>the short walk from the school easier, it also meant she had a good chance
of creeping up on Joel, maybe scaring the shit out of him as he sunned himself.
They might be approaching forty, but when they were together, they often acted
as immature and idiotic as they had when they’d first met. Yes, they were
getting older, but they sure as shit weren’t growing up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Respective partners had come and gone,
most of them never able to comprehend, much less tolerate, hers and Joel’s
unique friendship, but as their jobs, and other friends and family kept them
busy and fulfilled, singledom had never particularly concerned either of them.
As far as she was concerned, at least, what would be, would be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She enjoyed the sunshine on her skin as
she closed the gap between them, then held her breath as she came within a
couple of metres of Joel before flinging herself forward and grabbing onto his
nearest finely-muscled arm. “Gotcha!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He yelped, jumped, snatched his arm
away and opened his eyes in a hilarious sequence, then clutched his chest and
gave her a good-natured glare, his blue eyes glinting. “Fuck’s sake, Bree!
You’re lucky I didn’t swing for you, then. I thought someone was trying to rob
me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“That’ll teach you to wear ludicrously
expensive watches,” she replied with a snicker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He glanced wryly at his Patek Philippe,
then looked back at her with a grin. “Touché. Come on,” he turned around,
slipped his arm through hers and led her into the relative gloom of the pub,
“for that twattishness, first drink’s on you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She couldn’t argue with that reasoning.
It was still worth it, though, to see the look of pure panic cross his face.
She stifled further giggles, not wanting to inspire her friend to order the
most expensive drink he could think of, purely to get his own back. While top
of the range watches were easily within his budget, she’d had to save up for a
mid-range Fitbit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A few minutes later, with drinks in
hand, they sat down at a table on the terrace overlooking the river and took
simultaneous sips of their chosen beverages. Brianna swallowed the mouthful of
chilled white wine, then, without meaning to, let out a long, contented sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Joel raised an eyebrow as he swigged
his beer, then said, “Sounds as though you needed that. Tough week?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Hmm. You could say that.” She fidgeted
in her seat, getting the uncomfortable inkling she’d opened a can of worms
she’d have preferred was left undisturbed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Oh?” His other eyebrow jumped up to
join the first. “Do tell.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She stared out over the river, screwed
up her nose and wafted a hand in his vague direction. “No, no, it’s work stuff.
Boring, really. Not worth talking about.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Bree.” He grabbed her hand, drawing
her attention to his face. His expression was earnest, his gaze intense. “Maybe
it <i>is </i>boring, but it’s clearly bothering you, so I want to know about
it. I’m your best friend, remember? If you can’t tell me, who <i>can </i>you
tell?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She squeezed his hand, then pulled hers
away, picked up her glass and took a gulp. Swallowed, then groaned. There was
no putting the lid back on the can—she might as well come out with it. “Oh, all
right. It’s just… I don’t know… I think I’m getting a bit fed up of teaching.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Joel spluttered into his pint, drawing
querying glances from a few of the people at tables adjacent to theirs.
Ignoring them, Joel put his drink down, wiped his mouth with the back of his
hand and gaped at her as though she’d grown a second head. “What? But you… you <i>love
</i>teaching!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Nodding sadly, she replied, “I do. The
teaching part. The kids. But the rest; the planning, the admin, the assessing,
the being assessed, being micromanaged, dealing with parents, the endless
fucking meetings, the meetings <i>about </i>meetings, the meetings that could
have been an email… it’s getting on top of me. It wasn’t too bad before—the joy
of being in the classroom far outweighed the rest, but since the pandemic, the
shambles that is bloody Brexit and the subsequent government fuckery, things
have become steadily worse. Rules being changed, goalposts moving, budgets
being squeezed, funding getting cut, costs going up. We’re expected to work
more and more hours for the same amount of pay, with fewer support staff, yet
still uphold the same insanely high standards <i>and </i>have enough energy and
spark to engage and teach a class of primary school kids! It’s becoming
completely untenable. And the strike action hasn’t exactly been stress free.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Joel gave her a sympathetic smile. “Oh,
honey, I’m so sorry. I wish there was something I could say to make you feel
better. Why haven’t you mentioned this before now?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She shrugged. “No point. All the
decisions are way above my pay grade, so there’s nothing I can do. I’ve just
been soldiering on, hoping things will improve. But right now, I honestly can’t
see an end in sight. We’re human beings, not robots, and we’re being treated
like shit. We’ve come a long way from being lauded as keyworkers, that’s for
bloody certain.” She rolled her lips inward, bit down on them, wondering
whether she should let the words on the tip of her tongue come out. She’d
barely admitted it to herself, much less anyone else. But this was <i>Joel. </i>He’d
have her back no matter what she said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">She took a deep breath, huffed it out
again, then looked him in the eye. “I’m thinking of jacking it in at the end of
term.”</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Author Bio:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk511898234"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Lucy
Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stately Pleasures</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eyes Wide Open</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Persecution of the Wolves, Hiding in Plain Sight,</i> <i>Curve Appeal, </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Heiress’s Harem </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Dreadnoughts </i>series<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Including
novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 170 publications to her name.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: white;">Release blitz organised by</span> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.writermarketing.co.uk/"><b>Writer Marketing Services</b></a></span></span></p>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-69357737520953850742023-06-07T00:01:00.165-04:002023-06-07T10:03:00.944-04:00Book Tour + #Giveaway - The Ruined Series - by Nichole Rose @AuthNicholeRose #curvygirl #mafiaromance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-ruined-series-nichole-rose-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="186" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-ruined-series-nichole-rose-banner_orig.png" width="499" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-ruined-series-banner-teaser-4-chess_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-ruined-series-banner-teaser-4-chess_orig.png" width="443" /></span></a></div><p></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><u><b>Series
Blurb</b></u></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">The
Valentino brothers rule the city of Chicago with closed fists and
iron wills. But even kings fall. And the curvy women meant for them
are about to drop these crime bosses to their knees. All three books
in The Ruined Trilogy can be read as standalones. And don't forget to
grab Nico's story to meet the brother they risked everything to save
from a life shackled to a criminal empire he didn't want.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/0-physical-science-ruined-trilogy-beginning-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/0-physical-science-ruined-trilogy-beginning-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><b>Physical
Science</b></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">The
Ruined Trilogy: The Beginning</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffd966;">by</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01;"><b>Nichole Rose </b></span>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Genre:
Curvy Girl Mafia Romance</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="550" height="61" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><b style="color: #;"><i>Love
is the final test for this professor and his star student.</i></b></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i><span color="#"><br /></span><span color="#"><b>Nico
Valentino</b></span></i></span><span color="#"><br /><span style="color: #ffe599;">My
brothers are mobsters. Criminals.<br />They rule their kingdoms with
iron fists.<br />I'm nothing like them.<br />I'm an astrophysicist. A
professor.<br />My lecture hall is full of laughter.<br />Until I set
eyes on Norah Bishop.<br />She needs my help, but I need her.<br />And
I'll do whatever it takes to keep her.<br />Even if it means returning
to the family I left.</span><br /><br /></span><span color="#" style="color: #fcff01;"><b><i>Norah
Bishop</i></b></span><span color="#"><br /><span style="color: #ffe599;">All
I've ever wanted was to be a scientist like my dad.<br />But I stumbled
into something I shouldn't have.<br />Now, the biggest criminal in
Chicago is coming for me.<br />And the only person who can help me is
his brother...my new professor.<br />I don't want to drag Nico into
this.<br />But when he touches me, I lose all control.<br />He's my
professor. I think I want him to be my forever instead.<br />Loving him
comes with a price.<br />But losing him will break me.</span><br /><br /></span><span color="#"><i>If
you enjoy over-the-top nerdy men, curvy heroines willing to risk it
all, and forbidden student-teacher romance, you'll love Nico and
Norah's sugary-sweet and extra steamy story! As always, Nichole Rose
books come complete with a guaranteed HEA. Physical Science is the
steamy beginning to the Ruined Trilogy. It can be read as a
standalone story.</i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">The
Ruined Trilogy Book 1</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="550" height="61" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>One
look at his curvy captive and this Mafia boss will risk it all. Even
if it means toppling his own kingdom to the ground...</i></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Rafe
Valentino</i></span></b></div><span color="#" style="color: #ffe599;"><div style="text-align: left;">A
life in chains was the deal I made with my father to win my twin's
freedom.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My soul is black with the things I've done to keep my
promise.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="#">I never regretted any of it until now. Until </span><span color="#"><i>her</i></span><span color="#">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="#"><br /></span></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Amalia
Santiago's bravado and fierce defiance make me feel alive in a way I
never expected.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I was never meant to fall for her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I don't
deserve to put my filthy hands all over her pristine body.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">She's
supposed to be my prisoner.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But now, she'll become my world
instead.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Amalia
Santiago</i></span></b></div></span><span color="#" style="color: #ffe599;"><div style="text-align: left;">When
the devil came for my foster brother, I let him take me in his
place.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I swore I'd find a way out of this mess for both of
us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Except Rafe Valentino wasn't supposed to have a heart...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And
I wasn't supposed to fall for the ruthless crime boss.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So why do I
come alive when he touches me?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, I'm one wrong move from
destroying everything.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="#">And </span><span color="#"><i>nothing </i></span><span color="#">is
what it seems.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="#"><br /></span></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">How do I sacrifice the man I love to save my
brother?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>If you enjoy OTT possessive older men with a little
bit of darkness in them and sassy, curvy heroines with heart, get
ready to fall for Rafe and Amalia in this sweet and extra steamy
romance. As always, Nichole Rose books come complete with a guaranteed
HEA. Safe read. No cliffhanger. Each book in the Ruined Trilogy
features a different Valentino brother and can be read as a
standalone story.</i></div></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">The
Ruined Trilogy Book 2</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="550" height="61" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Falling
for the enemy wasn't part of Luca Valentino's plan. But one taste of
his curvy captive will change everything for this mafia boss.</i></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Luca</i></span></b></div><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">A
life in hell was the sacrifice I made to keep my brothers
alive.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">There's nothing I won't do to see that job through.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Even
if it means seducing the enemy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But I never intended to fall for
Callandria Genovese.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">She was supposed to be a means to an end,
nothing more.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Now, I've got more to lose than ever.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">And the
woman who holds the key to my future is in chains in my bedroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I
need her trust. I want her heart.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">One way or another, I will have
both.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Callandria</i></span></b></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I've
been taught to hate the Valentino family since I could walk.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I
know they killed my grandfather.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But no one warned me that the
real monster of the bunch was Luca Valentino.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">They didn't tell me
I'd find myself imprisoned in his bed, either.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Or that I'd be so
reluctant to leave it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But that's precisely what happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Little
by little, he's slipping beneath my defenses and making me feel
things I shouldn't.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But which side of him is real?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">The wanton
man who sets me ablaze...or the ruthless mobster who refuses to let
me go?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>If you like your OTT possessive older men morally gray
and your curvy heroines strong, prepare to fall for Luca and
Callandria in this steamy mafia romance. As always, Nichole Rose
books come complete with a guaranteed HEA. Safe read. No cliffhanger.
Each book in the Ruined Trilogy features a different Valentino
brother and can be read as a standalone story.</i></div></span></span></span><p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">The
Ruined Trilogy Book 3</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="550" height="61" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>To
win her love, this crime boss will need more than money and
power.</i></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Gabriel</i></span></b></div><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">They
say those with the power make the rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">They lied.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Genesis
Santiago refuses to bend to my will.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I know because I've
tried.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">She wants nothing to do with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">That isn't going to
work for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">She's the only thing in this world I need.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">One way
or another, I'll make her mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Even if I have to break her to
claim her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i>Genesis</i></span></b></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I
know what people say about Gabriel Valentino.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">He's not just a
billionaire. He's a criminal.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">When he catches me trying to steal
from him, I expect a quick death.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Instead, the bossy, arrogant man
hires me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">But I won't bow to any man…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Not even the one who
owns my soul.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Not even to save my own life.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Warning</span></b></div></span><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>When
this wicked mob boss finds his curvy girl, he'll do whatever it takes
to make her his. If you enjoy over-the-top billionaires, willful
heroines, and steamy romance with a touch of darkness, you'll love
Gabriel and Genesis. As always, Nichole Rose books come complete with
a guaranteed HEA. No cheating. Each book in the Ruined Trilogy
features a different Valentino brother and can be read as a
standalone novel.</i></div></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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I ask, twisting to set the cup on the dresser.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I shouldn't involve you in this," she mumbles, breaking my gaze to stare at the floor. "He's your brother."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"And you're my…" I almost say future but manage to stop myself. "Student. Let me help you."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">She hesitates for so long I think she's going to refuse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Please, beautiful girl. Talk to me."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I saw him kill someone," she blurts out, wringing her hands together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"What the fuck?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">She grimaces, her face falling again. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said it like that."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"You saw him kill someone?" I say, just to make sure I heard her correctly. Don't get me wrong, I'm not surprised he killed someone. It wouldn't be the first time and I doubt it'll be the last time he drops a body. But the fact that she saw it…that's what's fucking me up. She's too innocent to live with something like that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">She nods miserably. "I was at the harbor, doing some things."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"What things?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Just things."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Norah."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I was snooping, okay?" she huffs, throwing her hands up. Irritation flashes in her eyes. "I'm nosy and impulsive and I wanted to see what was in all the barrels they keep stored there, so I snuck in to have a look around."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"You're fucking kidding me." She's not kidding me. I can tell by the guilty look on her face that she's being completely serious right now. She broke into the harbor's storage facility to snoop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Do you do things like this often?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"No." She bites her lip, her eyes flitting across my face. "Define often."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Jesus Christ," I groan, tipping my head back to look up at the ceiling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"In my defense, I was unsupervised. And bored. And I really, really regret doing it."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">I tip my head down to glare at her. "A jury won't care if you're sorry or not, Norah. You committed a felony."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I know," she admits, her voice small. "But my felony is small fries compared to the other felony that happened while I was there, don't you think?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Well, she's got me there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Tell me what you saw."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I heard two men arguing by the docks, so I snuck closer to see what was going on. It was your brother and another guy, someone who works for him. He did something that upset your brother. He told the guy that he never should have put his hands on what didn't belong to him, and then he pulled out a gun and s-shot him." She sucks in a deep, shuddering breath. "The man fell into the river."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Jesus fucking Christ."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"It gets worse," she warns me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">How could it possibly get any worse? She's already admitted to a felony and implicated my brother in a murder. It can't get much worse than that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I screamed when the gun went off."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"He saw you?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">She nods again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Fuck Murphy and her law. Of course it gets worse. Of course it does.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"And I lost my phone when I was running."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Fucking hell," I swear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I didn't mean to!" she cries, tears welling in her eyes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Poor angel. She's been through hell and back. She doesn't need me cursing at her and making her feel worse. None of this is her fault. It's Rafe's fault. It's my father's fault. It's my fault for not recognizing that her rampant curiosity was bound to lead her into trouble. I should have seen that and done something to protect her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">What am I saying? She isn't mine to protect. She isn't mine, period.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Except…that's not true, is it? Not now. Not anymore. It stopped being true the second she showed up on my doorstep and I carried her inside. She became mine in that moment. If I lose my job for claiming her, so be it. I already decided this semester would be my last because of her. So nothing stood in the way of me claiming her. If I have to fight my brother to keep her safe, so be it. No one is going to harm her. No one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"I don't know what to do, Nico," she whispers, tears spilling down her cheeks. "I know I shouldn't be here telling you any of this, but you were the first person I thought of. I didn't know where else to go. I can't go to the police."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">No, she definitely can't go to them. They'll lock her up for commercial burglary, sealing her fate. If my brother's reach extends anywhere, it's into the heart of every jail and prison cell in this state.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">"Hey," I murmur, reaching out for her. This time, she doesn't flinch. I pull her into my arms, holding her. My heart aches as she snuggles into my embrace with a whimper, letting me comfort her as she cries. Part of me, a big part, wants me to be the first person she thought of because she feels the same way I do. The other, more logical part realizes she probably only came here because Rafe is my brother.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">I don't suppose her motivation matters either way. She still came here. She still trusted me to keep her safe. She's still mine…and I still have to deal with my brother.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Fuck my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cx98On6NpPHCGQztbdp-c0USJbNmmPms7IEpF1tHccJOAHal_luMC04jlH1oKuiX-5ldcnyxaQHsxzxGKS3RTxh2iDpMnV7Ss3Plz5LsSKoUqPZoQhSLPI0qWETZyannhzS9Tpn7tKWNx-mfVVZohbcPD4tBrBgyqMaweaJSV25l5L5O7-s0Uv61/s1080/0%20PhysicalScience_Teaser%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cx98On6NpPHCGQztbdp-c0USJbNmmPms7IEpF1tHccJOAHal_luMC04jlH1oKuiX-5ldcnyxaQHsxzxGKS3RTxh2iDpMnV7Ss3Plz5LsSKoUqPZoQhSLPI0qWETZyannhzS9Tpn7tKWNx-mfVVZohbcPD4tBrBgyqMaweaJSV25l5L5O7-s0Uv61/w400-h400/0%20PhysicalScience_Teaser%20(1).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-author_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="636" height="60" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/theruineedseries-about-the-author_orig.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/nichole-rose-avatar-graphic-300x157_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="300" height="157" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/nichole-rose-avatar-graphic-300x157_orig.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Nichole Rose writes filthy, feel-good romance for curvy readers. Her books feature headstrong, sassy women and the alpha males who consume them. From grumpy detectives to country boys with attitude to instalove and over-the-top declarations, nothing is off-limits.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">She is sure to have a steamy, sweet story just right for everyone. She fully believes the world is ugly enough without trying to fit falling in love into a one-size-fits-all box.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">When not writing, Nichole enjoys fine wine, cute shoes, and everything supernatural. She is happily married to the love of her life and is a proud mama to the world’s most ridiculous fur-babies. 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job placing the story in New York City and capturing our svelte, icy heroine
and her nemesis.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Ripening Passion releases at Extasy Books
next Friday, and will be available at all vendors within a week after that.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><a href="https://www.extasybooks.com/Ripening-Passion"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><i>https://www.extasybooks.com/Ripening-Passion</i></span></a></span></span></p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>BOOK INFORMATION</b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Title: Ripening Passion</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Series:</span> <a href="https://www.extasybooks.com/index.php?route=product/series&series_id=1659">Passion</a> <span style="color: white;">Series, Book Two</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Author:</span> <a href="https://www.extasybooks.com/adriana-kraft">Adriana Kraft</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Published by: eXtasy Books</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>ISBN: 978-1-4874-3813-5</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Length: 254 pages, 75813 words</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Publication Date: June 2, 2023</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Genres: Erotic Romance, LGBTQIA, Contemporary Romance</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Tags: Menage, Bisexual, New York City, Later in Life</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Heat Level: Four Flames</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pairings: MF, FF, FFF, FMF, MFM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Can Max melt the Ice Queen? Should he even try?</b></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Claire Johnson’s dedication to sex—the cornerstone of her career—led
her to help found the Center for Sexuality and Sex Practices. Now in her
fifties, she knows the Center must keep pace with the rapidly growing Baby
Boomer market, so she<a name="_Hlk135932560"> agrees to go back on camera for a
series on sex and aging. But work with her nemesis?</a></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Former English Professor Max Wilson has championed the cause of the
Center ever since his now deceased wife sought the Center’s help to rekindle
the nearly extinguished sexual flames of their relationship. He loves working
on camera and welcomes the challenge to perform with the svelte but icy
temptress.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Sparks fly immediately on and off camera. The jury is out on whether
either Max or Claire can transform those sparks into a fire of sexual desire
for their viewers—let alone for each other.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseNziLSYOIcY_JEgS9sZoKWwajUbJzHkw6GAHUk_63lj-0Aha0gK_4oqRu44N080tlbVEm1w946f9iMcctl-BteWzlpuVYhpjCMPNXIIWESBxxaEpddXWoAeHu-lWNyGtLlcpNVMba9G1SFGR7VQqEcUmrjIsbM2GjEtwwrivbWpp47YPCWYcY10K/s1080/Ripening%20Passion%20Teaser%201%20Nemesis.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseNziLSYOIcY_JEgS9sZoKWwajUbJzHkw6GAHUk_63lj-0Aha0gK_4oqRu44N080tlbVEm1w946f9iMcctl-BteWzlpuVYhpjCMPNXIIWESBxxaEpddXWoAeHu-lWNyGtLlcpNVMba9G1SFGR7VQqEcUmrjIsbM2GjEtwwrivbWpp47YPCWYcY10K/w400-h400/Ripening%20Passion%20Teaser%201%20Nemesis.png" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQTPq5yzL9T5csM1yUt9f7uWm-SK5esIBs_7LhffVcT3WqGgBKUwMaXh1FzfqP6E_dMGYa8cHJuIqz9N9eZ4fgkBb-GGn32CzEWwciQJzdq2Bzy0D7hkFRK-osqxXPY7tWynoma5wcQGO2ArGzJkraFOPN4xt73tgslBXY5ukXCmGuR3gWZGPt-sE/s320/Cover%20Reveal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="320" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQTPq5yzL9T5csM1yUt9f7uWm-SK5esIBs_7LhffVcT3WqGgBKUwMaXh1FzfqP6E_dMGYa8cHJuIqz9N9eZ4fgkBb-GGn32CzEWwciQJzdq2Bzy0D7hkFRK-osqxXPY7tWynoma5wcQGO2ArGzJkraFOPN4xt73tgslBXY5ukXCmGuR3gWZGPt-sE/w400-h134/Cover%20Reveal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5gLv_SkeZNcXGAZGzhwnMzmpxz26HZvuT540vUaP7kdE7HgruYaFw8KWgW78V-wcnIzF9ZJoZcpEtep0V-UtG66XnoSSyvnkzQIgrHK1JINC_PwoBUpN2WjSweKtmX06TVE_wffYyPjo074f8tKn3OlEbOnzu2XahEMOQgKpxlHtsXtnZoV8-cD9/s900/RIPENINGPASSION.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5gLv_SkeZNcXGAZGzhwnMzmpxz26HZvuT540vUaP7kdE7HgruYaFw8KWgW78V-wcnIzF9ZJoZcpEtep0V-UtG66XnoSSyvnkzQIgrHK1JINC_PwoBUpN2WjSweKtmX06TVE_wffYyPjo074f8tKn3OlEbOnzu2XahEMOQgKpxlHtsXtnZoV8-cD9/w426-h640/RIPENINGPASSION.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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pair of retired professors writing erotic romance and erotic romantic suspense
together. We like to think we’ve broken the mold for staid, fusty academics,
and we hope lots of former profs are enjoying life as much as we are. </b></span><p></p>
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Whether readers open our romantic suspense or our erotic romance, they can
expect characters they care about, hot sex scenes, and a compelling story.</b></span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Mastadon </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">@AdrianaKraft@mastodon.otherworldsink.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span></p>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com1Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-87044327575230020732023-05-25T00:01:00.048-04:002023-05-25T00:01:00.160-04:00New Release ~ Two Seeds are Sown: Seren's Story ~ by Adriana Kraft @AdrianaKraft #HistoricalRomance #Paranormal #EroticRomance<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Two Seeds are Sown</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">by</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Adriana Kraft</span></h2><div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qZRG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBqbkGe6NjuWQf7CD1rVqg3gb5bdzTWLfn5ngoAWXR8iyT0S3ZbX4Ya-M6rt4gfIgGoS_CTlxC7kMHqca3V8ez8USuaXZB4dAsPPdfI_TKguLtZXvwcw1bxuvVf1eS97r5yZOuS09kMC0uXj6ANB8K9zA6kqgpze6ZHHLsraOQDlKOGuKLoDv8VpG/w400-h400/Two%20Seeds%20New%20Releae%20Magical%20Powers.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk133746076;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Book Info:</span></span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Title: Two Seeds are Sown</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Series: Seren’s Story</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Author: Adriana Kraft</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Publisher: eXtasy Books</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Publication Date: May 5, 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">ISBN 978-1-4874-3893-7 ASIN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Length: Short Story 6238 words 24 Pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Genres: Erotic romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Pairings: FF, FM, FFM, MFM</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Tags: Celtic, Roman Britain,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Heat rating: 4 flames</span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPsphkvKmXLRdXMdlTDA-0IktHpl5MIFcKtIzJ72Kmd1iqoZZ5A7i0ckQcTMlwvWjieEoivYOgAftS-2uZM6ylgEPCNmgCiHI3vYu8kNuvI94EACAx8Y2OcATjmLQQlv1tcexITxcKDn7cAy5I-aYC11FqCjyeAhRlnIstdRW_rku4t7fP-T8Av6Q/s600/The%20Blurb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPsphkvKmXLRdXMdlTDA-0IktHpl5MIFcKtIzJ72Kmd1iqoZZ5A7i0ckQcTMlwvWjieEoivYOgAftS-2uZM6ylgEPCNmgCiHI3vYu8kNuvI94EACAx8Y2OcATjmLQQlv1tcexITxcKDn7cAy5I-aYC11FqCjyeAhRlnIstdRW_rku4t7fP-T8Av6Q/s320/The%20Blurb.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Late in the Roman occupation of Britain, a young Welsh tribeswoman is
hand selected and captured to serve as a courtesan to a Roman Legate and his
wife. Escape proves impossible, but Seren is never completely abandoned. Her
grandmother’s cryptic prophecy through their psychic connection seals her
fate—it will be Seren’s lot to yield. The words both relieve Seren and further
mystify her: <i>You must find pleasure in your present life. Fulfillment will
not be yours until after you cross into the next.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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So it’s probably no accident that sometime last winter, my husband and I unearthed a plot fragment we’d played with and never followed up on: What if a young Welsh tribeswoman was captured by a high-ranking Roman soldier to be a courtesan for him and his wife, and was separated forever from her only child, a daughter? And then, what if it’s her task across time to re-unite her family through bringing together a descendant of her daughter and a descendant of her subsequent Roman son?<br /><br />Seren’s Story, a two book erotic romance series, is the result. Book One, the short story Two Seeds are Sown, has just been released at Extasy Books, and Book Two, From Beyond the Curtain, will follow in July.<br /><br />When the Romans invaded the British Isles, they began in the south and reached what is now Wales in about 48 AD. The wild tribes they encountered there presented some of their fiercest early opposition. Welsh folklore has immortalized one of the last Welsh resistors to yield to the Romans: Caractacus (or Caradoc),the leader of the Silures tribe, who lived in southeast Wales in the lowlands along the northern shore of the Bristol Channel.<br /><br />To subdue the indigenous Welsh peoples, the Romans established forts, built roads so they could rapidly move their armies, and developed one town. Venta Silurum was located in what is now Caerwent, a mile or two off the channel and roughly 8 miles east of Newport. Caractacus himself was ultimately captured and taken to Rome, where he died in 54 AD.<br /><br />We’ve found nothing to indicate whether or not he left children behind in Wales, but we’ve chosen to believe he must have done so. In our fictional account, Seren’s father is a local Silures chieftain directly descended from Caractacus, who lived over a century earlier. Seren has inherited not only his standing and his fierce determination, but also several psychic gifts from her grandmother, including divination, the ability to time travel, and metaphysical communication with others. These characteristics and talents form the kernel from which our story has grown.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qZRG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmtXPJdHizPUANOjgJonuhzrbdm6Zks3VpTpOHqaVDNTS1Bu-jeeOEnckXUjny6Ig1udP3IVMBLYQz37J4xTCHt8Si6gyFwlCF3qDIoldxVzN9Jfm3UPza0mYIYE112N4gG94p05JQeNEVTgx1RZP96oe8ZIMLyI6s1QjhoxoV-MylPB-WleFS6KM/w400-h400/Two%20Seeds%20New%20Release%20resist%20or%20yield.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS-zHsB93SgStgfWskDhosPFJWq4qV-0D_TTZmg30HSkr1Tq-kZbtcb8f1O2PeuKZras437P7lKAO09MY132R7Ek7ku30x0wGXicaZi0w1PQu4QkPwuDcxJ3m408nVjyY_xgaktZmviNzcVJBl3kSfgeilgSBf3cfhmN9KOKMWQWxkejpl7QQivhw/s600/excerpt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS-zHsB93SgStgfWskDhosPFJWq4qV-0D_TTZmg30HSkr1Tq-kZbtcb8f1O2PeuKZras437P7lKAO09MY132R7Ek7ku30x0wGXicaZi0w1PQu4QkPwuDcxJ3m408nVjyY_xgaktZmviNzcVJBl3kSfgeilgSBf3cfhmN9KOKMWQWxkejpl7QQivhw/s320/excerpt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">R RATED</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Set Up: It’s been three days of arduous travel since Seren was captured, but she now stands in a lavish stone bath with the wife of her captor…<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="FirstLine"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Once they’d stepped out of the water and toweled off, Livia pointed out two gold bands on the nearby shelf. “You will wear the smaller bracelet around your left ankle and the larger band around your throat. As you can see, they are beautifully adorned with our family crest. No one of Roman descent will dare touch you without my consent.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Seren stood perfectly still as the woman attached the bracelet and the torc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Livia grinned at her. “You could waste hours trying to get them off—hours you should be thinking about me. Now then, for the time being, you will not be given your own room. You will either sleep with me, with my husband, Scipio, or with both of us. Understand?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Seren nodded. She listened carefully to her fate. Escape would be difficult. And she couldn’t even try until she’d earned a degree of trust.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">“You will have no household duties,” Livia continued, “other than to tend to my boudoir and baths. I will instruct you further in our language to improve your fluency. I will teach you board games, more of Roman culture—you will want to blend in when we return to Rome. And of course I will teach you more of the refined arts of lovemaking. I would also like to hear about your mystic religion. It sounds so fanciful compared to ours, but I have an eager mind.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Danger signals flared in Seren’s brain, but she kept her face carefully schooled. Sharing a few harmless tidbits might be a way to humor her captor and perhaps build trust. But what did Livia already know? She and her husband weren’t far off the mark—Seren knew for a fact she was special.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;">Seren’s father had made this clear. She’d been given special training as a woman because of her gifts. Her father had taught her that long before her time, the Romans had massacred all the Druids they could find, but her father was not her only teacher. From her grandmother she’d learned that the Romans would never succeed in stamping out the magical gifts—the powers that often passed from mother to daughter or to granddaughter, or rarely, to sons. The powers Seren’s grandmother had passed to her. Seren vowed never to let Livia know any of this.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">UNIVERSAL BUY LINK</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qZRG"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><i>https://books2read.com/u/m2qZRG</i></span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qZRG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl3dtafuBsGw6e7TdHoSgjT_dhvbEBnOW1MF3MtMC2Ndx-ilMWhqAeFnXTOIXKJUG4tGWeUl2yvtcYY1Pr8mqCViCl4NlPJPet9I4OIrUkAZ2DZ9tS58nkNSHY4H7ox0M2guqurbV78L0BercsJ69teOFah-HBTbmPYcxvlDU7OKilvgomrJDNVbk/w400-h400/Two%20Seeds%20%20new%20release%20Captured%20in%20Wales.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zH9u78TCN_v3HMPmPKtcDp23xkEfFomYD4rAwU8KAx3r304Cq0h2QOq7agssef8iKHHllwuuKc-AYR2PrHIaYmonlWO2fSx42MiU3PW4yEBHCfuYGtcSGCVL0IZTE41VJ6ud7qChpTzLw6lSgkoditpAdhhvhyQfaTmSHFhUdmrCQSqDxCywY_lu/s600/Copy%20of%20NewRelease.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zH9u78TCN_v3HMPmPKtcDp23xkEfFomYD4rAwU8KAx3r304Cq0h2QOq7agssef8iKHHllwuuKc-AYR2PrHIaYmonlWO2fSx42MiU3PW4yEBHCfuYGtcSGCVL0IZTE41VJ6ud7qChpTzLw6lSgkoditpAdhhvhyQfaTmSHFhUdmrCQSqDxCywY_lu/s320/Copy%20of%20NewRelease.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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romantic suspense together. We like to think we’ve broken the mold for staid,
fusty academics, and we hope lots of former profs are enjoying life as much as
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk134086324;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">MeWe </span></span><a href="https://mewe.com/i/adriana1kraft"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk134086324;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">https://mewe.com/i/adriana1kraft</span></span></a></span></p></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com1Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-47863150974819240622023-05-23T00:01:00.130-04:002023-05-23T00:01:00.149-04:00Blog Tour: The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles - by A.L. Butcher @libraryoferana #darkfantasy<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6OpCu2PysfKoJ7DmNuslR_oytpO03_csYUypg7PFnV8Xp8AdogrDO_gLYCy27mmOwpJ21BSEZT6WED5sfCydB9_OKrsZ03EUsJca2RU6t-W8Fgg7K6G1olHXn23gteabhX5dBpu0cpnGJLgJJsHI_nlmnre3cS1PZunfJ_VgVs4AHcocCfQZxC9j/s600/Guest%20Post%20-%20Pick%20a%20Genre%20Already.png"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6OpCu2PysfKoJ7DmNuslR_oytpO03_csYUypg7PFnV8Xp8AdogrDO_gLYCy27mmOwpJ21BSEZT6WED5sfCydB9_OKrsZ03EUsJca2RU6t-W8Fgg7K6G1olHXn23gteabhX5dBpu0cpnGJLgJJsHI_nlmnre3cS1PZunfJ_VgVs4AHcocCfQZxC9j/s320/Guest%20Post%20-%20Pick%20a%20Genre%20Already.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Character Interview with Dii’Athella<br />from the Light Beyond The Storm Chronicles</span></h2><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdArSeKHsjed2gF7ZFt0_DFiLG1YSSNjX73SsuWzC3bRXmWhMGwRTOTE-R8hV2xAmw3eRz7usOOv94R8ZBujtnMxkmH_8cWBuvWpUcFUdPgwPoMvXfASvQoBw3VrlGxEjDH-Ilg-3vpaCXNJED1QN7Y6viAgd-0a3UMxEe1AQFTkGWIh9sW-WnNis/s600/character%20interv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdArSeKHsjed2gF7ZFt0_DFiLG1YSSNjX73SsuWzC3bRXmWhMGwRTOTE-R8hV2xAmw3eRz7usOOv94R8ZBujtnMxkmH_8cWBuvWpUcFUdPgwPoMvXfASvQoBw3VrlGxEjDH-Ilg-3vpaCXNJED1QN7Y6viAgd-0a3UMxEe1AQFTkGWIh9sW-WnNis/s320/character%20interv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Meet my Character</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><u>Introduce yourself</u>:</span> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;"><b>My
name is Dii’Athella Ar’Thina – but most people call me Dii. It means
Flower of the Dawn in Elvish, so I’m told. I’m an elven sorceress, a Forbidden.
Until very recently I did not know who my parents were – I was raised in a
human household. Elves in Erana are, to all intents and purposes, slaves. We
have no rights, we can legally own nothing, not even our own bodies. As an elf,
a female and a mage my position in life was very dangerous and uncertain. I was
taken as an infant from the Enclave, and ‘adopted’ by a Lord – the Lord Joset
of Reldfield. You’d think I’d have lived a life of ease – but Joset was very
cruel and unkind. I was a trophy, a prize to share around his friends. His
human concubine, Malana tried to care for me as best she could, but she was a
mage too and his property, she was barely in a better position that I.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">More recently I am the Lady of the
Light, the Lady of Tremellic – and I have a man who loves me, and a family of
sorts. Yet I am still an outlaw – I am a mage and and elf and that will never
change until the Order of Witch-Hunters who rule this land are gone.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><u>Give
us a short description of your world</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>I have not
seen much of Erana. In my former life I was never allowed to travel alone, and
I was taken between Joset’s various holdings as a ‘plaything’. However, I have
a little more freedom know. The Tremellic Valley is beautiful – there are
mountains, and thermal pools. We have a magic cave,decorated inside and it’s a
good source of Power for the more…dangerous spells. We are close to the
Shimmering Forest, and my Trollish Stepdaughter is less than a day’s travel
away in the mountain town of Varris.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Magic is,
by the decree of the Order of Witch-Hunters, illegal. Even to be found to
possess it, or thought to possess it will put one at great risk. To actually
use it is risky indeed. The Order use it for their own ends, of course. They
need healers, and often turn a blind eye to the local wise man or wisewoman,
just so long as they heal and provide medicines, warn about storms and that
sort of thing. Many people who have magic either don’t realise that is what it
is, or if they do they hide it. Perhaps they are a little faster, a little
luckier, or an excellent blacksmith. Perhaps they are the local midwife who
never loses a babe…. But the Order make the law, uphold the law and interpret
the law so often such people end up imprisoned or dead.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;">Why are
elves enslaved? Because, so it’s said, elves brought the Plague many centuries
ago. Elves are all thieves, diseased, wicked, impure. All that sort of thing.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><u>How
did you end up on this adventure</u>?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>I fled the
house of my Keeper, Lord Joset. I won’t go into detail why but I’d have died if
I’d stayed. I ran into Witch-Hunters, someone betrayed me from a village I
helped. Lord Archos rescued me from the dungeon. Then we went to find some lost
elves – stolen by Slavers from a local elven village. Lord Archos is kind to
the Elfkind – and this village was at the edges of his land, although some
distance away from Harkenen, where we live. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The
Adventure of the Shining Citadel came about after this – we originally set out
to find a missing heirloom of an elfwoman who came to ask for help. It turned
out to be a good deal more complicated and dangerous; there were missing rings,
monsters who shouldn’t exist in this Realm, a lost elven city, ancient magic, a
daring rescue, lies, intrigue, revenge and an…enjoyable encounter with an
elemental. But you’ll have to read our adventure and learn more.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Dii
appears in:</span><span style="color: #01ffff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The
Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles – Book I.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The
Shining Citadel – The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles Book II<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">The
Stolen Tower – The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles Book III (briefly).</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO0kYLKOKSOMfu2OCGIxOdXgktK0XB0s31bSnuRaPLtVy7u73NddVK2u3bOvmkgrpZHvq8MSCq5Y3pts0t0szk3kdL5Gumw5-eiZPmzdFnsyAvZdN0Mx_kG5jyER0Oc9T1lb2hCEv1Oh0zkyp0JykIQmPVxa6gx-fy3uM9aHqVOd3ZRyx8Dm4Jsl6/s3888/Series%20%20Banner%20%20Lightning3%20silver2NEW%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="3888" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO0kYLKOKSOMfu2OCGIxOdXgktK0XB0s31bSnuRaPLtVy7u73NddVK2u3bOvmkgrpZHvq8MSCq5Y3pts0t0szk3kdL5Gumw5-eiZPmzdFnsyAvZdN0Mx_kG5jyER0Oc9T1lb2hCEv1Oh0zkyp0JykIQmPVxa6gx-fy3uM9aHqVOd3ZRyx8Dm4Jsl6/w640-h238/Series%20%20Banner%20%20Lightning3%20silver2NEW%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBC9AhV0Xp_f6D9NJRSRKDuU0wO5CF1jLvT75nruBKRjF_Xr4e-dvYS1vvDNZM9ED1ulX4f3EnqgAHPedV7eSv01j2qGruyYTqXE0IgsaQ9xjrvkdaTTzbqatHJucOfFaWt3FmRqXD8v6CMdYS4EyY7E2wfOpvjYC1K4InrlNSG5Xnba6ydUY2JPgr/s600/Excerpt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBC9AhV0Xp_f6D9NJRSRKDuU0wO5CF1jLvT75nruBKRjF_Xr4e-dvYS1vvDNZM9ED1ulX4f3EnqgAHPedV7eSv01j2qGruyYTqXE0IgsaQ9xjrvkdaTTzbqatHJucOfFaWt3FmRqXD8v6CMdYS4EyY7E2wfOpvjYC1K4InrlNSG5Xnba6ydUY2JPgr/s320/Excerpt.png" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><u>From
the Shining Citadel</u></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Sit, Dii’Athella. Do not be afraid of
me.” The troll woman motioned her to a seat at the round table. As she rose
stiffly from her own seat and pulled the shawl around her, Kherak continued,
“Now I wished to see you in the flesh, for I have seen you before, in the
crystals and the fire.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You bring the light, yet your life has
been so full of darkness, poor child. I can sense it within you, but you have a
great deal of magic in you also, for she who lived in slavery is more, so much
more.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Not knowing what to say, and feeling a
measure of the shame she still carried from her past life, Dii said nothing.
The Shaman smiled, returning to her seat. Once more, Dii noticed the stiffness
and fatigue the woman seemed to bear.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“You are in pain, my lady Shaman? I would
offer you healing if you would not be offended,” Dii asked. As a kind soul, and
wanting to change the subject, it seemed appropriate to ask about the woman's
health.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“It is old age, my dear, nothing more. I
doubt you can heal that. My daughter has some measure of healing, but it is
kind of you to offer. Why would such offend me?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Awkwardly searching around for something
to say, Dii remembered the egg. “I bring you a gift, my lady, for I am informed
that is the custom. I hope it is appropriate, please forgive my ignorance if
not.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The Shaman chuckled. “Has that husband of
yours not been teaching you trollish ways? But, my dear, I see he has. That is
a fine gift indeed.” Carefully she flipped open the top, delighted to hear the
trilling song of the tiny bird. “You chose this? It is perfect, our favoured
goddess would most certainly approve of the bird you bring to our settlement.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The young mage smiled happily, glad to
have pleased the Shaman. “Oh yes, my lady, it was in our workshop. I think it
is delightful. Archos said you would approve, but I am just learning of your
ways and sometimes, I think he says things merely to please me.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Once more, the Shaman chuckled. “Oh yes,
men tend to do that, my dear. Now, how should I repay you for such a wonder?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Lady, it is a gift, it needs no
repayment,” Dii said.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“It is not fair that you leave with
nothing, Lady of the Light. May I see the amber ring you carry?” Kherak held
out her hand.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Dii paused for a moment, slightly
perturbed by the abrupt change of subject, but lifted the ring on its chain
from around her neck. Spinning slightly, it cast a pale orange light upon the
Opal, which hummed and floated closer. The Shaman raised an eyebrow, seeing the
Power the item held. Gently, she reached out and took Dii's other hand,
wrapping it carefully around the ring.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Keep that safe, it is more than mere
ring. There is so much which is not as it appears.” Kherak smiled, trying to
reassure when she saw the young elf’s confusion and fear.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The Arcane Opal began to glow, its faint
mist spiralling around them. Dii tried to touch it, fascinated, and slowly it
floated towards the Shaman holding her hand to it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Take comfort in who you are, who you
have always been, and who you will be. Keep he you love safe, for he has the
Power to walk the dangerous paths which lie before you, but you must bring him
guidance for the fight is so much greater than one. He must return to the light
and with it.” Kherak’s voice was low and steady. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Dii looked at her and whispered, “I do
not understand, my lady.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The Shaman smiled and stroked her cheek.
“You will, my pretty child. Remember my words and keep Archos close to you, for
you are his light. You are stronger than you think and all of you will need
that strength.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Walking to the shelves, she searched for
a while before selecting something from the dark shadows at the back. “You have
brought to me much that is valuable, and offered kindness to a stranger with no
expectation of reward. For you sought to offer healing and offered the gift
freely. That is rare, for you would have given such with no advice returned to
you nor none expected. I wish for you to receive a gift.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="LargePrint"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">Kherak held out a magic Mirror, a pretty
silver-framed item backed in tortoiseshell. “It is a Mirror of Truth. Revealing
what is truly there, not merely what appears to be. Sometimes it is just a
looking glass, yet in the hands of one such as you, it holds Power. Care for it
and it will repay that care.”</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufFIz7yV-e1e0y6AwUYZvdUgCcqnLQv1EaN9V_AE7vUoAkjlovHik5rjLy7901CFABIclFPuCbbR28bljogUDu6uhR5Mt4Ows8koUmEvc2c5WutmbADDBZaTJh70H_Y8I9qXS2XeeZIeSOuwqnI8SjQVgsTRznQjkzrbWWoePlWSYSwyDQtHR70IU/s600/The%20Blurb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufFIz7yV-e1e0y6AwUYZvdUgCcqnLQv1EaN9V_AE7vUoAkjlovHik5rjLy7901CFABIclFPuCbbR28bljogUDu6uhR5Mt4Ows8koUmEvc2c5WutmbADDBZaTJh70H_Y8I9qXS2XeeZIeSOuwqnI8SjQVgsTRznQjkzrbWWoePlWSYSwyDQtHR70IU/s320/The%20Blurb.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p class="Standard"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blurb and buy
links:</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></b></p><p class="Standard"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbrFznZ-DA8aXWUIctkWd8tIFCW9wUhuxUAszYZW7HdsZVKMzDD9lkXfhj_hKwb5ORyrcKOCnf_oX1wAdJqs6zIBR9p5SJdAFGHupac0EXbHQbK0rUFSCKNgNXBmRTHAvd9PI21FXIT8lGRhG62DT-ydineAUIO-BPndmSG88H9Hsu7WhQlKVYrLI/s2616/LBTS%20Book%20I%20-%202022%20V3.2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="1745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbrFznZ-DA8aXWUIctkWd8tIFCW9wUhuxUAszYZW7HdsZVKMzDD9lkXfhj_hKwb5ORyrcKOCnf_oX1wAdJqs6zIBR9p5SJdAFGHupac0EXbHQbK0rUFSCKNgNXBmRTHAvd9PI21FXIT8lGRhG62DT-ydineAUIO-BPndmSG88H9Hsu7WhQlKVYrLI/s320/LBTS%20Book%20I%20-%202022%20V3.2.jpg" width="213" /></b></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><u>The Light Beyond the
Storm Chronicles – Book I </u><br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><p></p><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In a dark world where magic is illegal, and elves are enslaved a young elven sorceress runs for her life from the house of her evil Keeper. Pursued by his men and the corrupt Order of Witch-Hunters she must find sanctuary. As the slavers roll across the lands stealing elves from what remains of their ancestral home the Witch-Hunters turn a blind eye to the tragedy and a story of power, love and a terrible revenge unfolds.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #ffd966;">*18 rated for adult scenes and violence.<br /><br />Available as ebook, paperback, hardcover, large print and audiobook.<br /><br />Universal Link</span> <a href="https://www.books2read.com/Lightbeyondstorm1">https://www.books2read.com/Lightbeyondstorm1</a></span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5nWlg8PV3fW75Cm6P79EL9G5aBgwuFGgAzG437NXdcFUnzOx9GcbotVCBNlgFwkf9u0cpcJwsdyS1OXJ__-JnIObyjzfinnV6N8ZDqvWuk64GFNCRkVu1OrfpBX9LW-AORZyXCLqcAVhlMznOUpxdVJFS0fF50ae5xu1ZUylVaD2TpMP5AaTBTpm/s2616/Citadel%20new%202022%20-.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="1745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5nWlg8PV3fW75Cm6P79EL9G5aBgwuFGgAzG437NXdcFUnzOx9GcbotVCBNlgFwkf9u0cpcJwsdyS1OXJ__-JnIObyjzfinnV6N8ZDqvWuk64GFNCRkVu1OrfpBX9LW-AORZyXCLqcAVhlMznOUpxdVJFS0fF50ae5xu1ZUylVaD2TpMP5AaTBTpm/s320/Citadel%20new%202022%20-.jpg" width="213" /></b></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><u>The
Shining Citadel – The Light Beyond the Storm - Book II </u><br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Who
rules in this game of intrigue where magic is forbidden, and elves enslaved? Journey
where beliefs shatter like glass, truth is unwelcome, and monsters from ancient
times abound: share the romance and revenge, magic and passion, and the wages
of greed in a world of darkest fantasy.</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><span style="color: #ffd966;">*18 rated for adult scenes and violence.<br /><br />Available as ebook, paperback, hardcover, large print and audiobook.</span></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="about:blank"><span>https://www.books2read.com/ShiningCitadel</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfVfjJyUPpMx1SckGdPnD5LAEFiXn4GTLMVd4IG3__3AgfD24fKiocmiSjCtHpv_ueu33hBuWiX1jZkV7vysdXVS03QvJuJZl87xBgc0MV_mDZN61ODbM97NM9GxNKSvqLl7xQDLbiX9bI7jqsluC3cQxqviOWUXLRI1aEzJq1RwGFV36HZaqnj28/s2616/Stolen%20Tower%20new%202022%20-%20Bright%20text.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="1745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfVfjJyUPpMx1SckGdPnD5LAEFiXn4GTLMVd4IG3__3AgfD24fKiocmiSjCtHpv_ueu33hBuWiX1jZkV7vysdXVS03QvJuJZl87xBgc0MV_mDZN61ODbM97NM9GxNKSvqLl7xQDLbiX9bI7jqsluC3cQxqviOWUXLRI1aEzJq1RwGFV36HZaqnj28/s320/Stolen%20Tower%20new%202022%20-%20Bright%20text.jpg" width="213" /></b></span></a></div><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><u>The Stolen Tower – The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles – Book III </u><br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk93129513"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>What stalks the land cannot be but
is.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Where magic is outlawed a troll Shaman calls from her deathbed to her
heiress, Mirandra Var, daughter of the storm. Mirandra vows to find her missing
kin, sort friend from foe, and claim the dangerous secrets guarded by
unthinkable creatures. If she succeeds, she will become the leader of her
tribe. If she fails, there will be no tribe to lead.</b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ffd966;">*18 rated for adult scenes and violence.<br /><br />Available as ebook, paperback, hardcover, large print and audiobook.<br /><br />Universal Link</span> <a href="about:blank">https://www.books2read.com/StolenTower</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VIzcIafedrXrByFaXRrB0D4G2O6YcqFiVmr6D-j-WHHOnlOSEZ5HdHn2-remOBxhdUxiNr_uZqNTn29tUpfyznXO0p_cSHz-rYxXnR6z4X3CO-csp8kLMuVc6owiTkPYUpU66tUCwAy9fo_KYlO3QcO8-ZMWaAdMW0aqUxlaQ2MWn-yf7OjZuMrn/s600/About%20the%20Author.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VIzcIafedrXrByFaXRrB0D4G2O6YcqFiVmr6D-j-WHHOnlOSEZ5HdHn2-remOBxhdUxiNr_uZqNTn29tUpfyznXO0p_cSHz-rYxXnR6z4X3CO-csp8kLMuVc6owiTkPYUpU66tUCwAy9fo_KYlO3QcO8-ZMWaAdMW0aqUxlaQ2MWn-yf7OjZuMrn/s320/About%20the%20Author.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a name="_Hlk57372135"></a><a name="_Hlk45352840"></a><a name="_Hlk91927612"><span lang="EN-GB">British-born A. L. Butcher is an avid reader and creator of worlds, a
poet, and a dreamer, a lover of science, natural history, history, and monkeys.
Her prose has been described as ‘dark and gritty’ and her poetry as
‘evocative’. She writes with a sure and sometimes erotic sensibility of things
that might have been, never were, but could be. <o:p></o:p></span></a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Alex is the author of the <i>Light Beyond
the Storm Chronicles</i> and the <i>Tales of Erana</i> lyrical
fantasy series. She also has several short stories in the fantasy, fantasy
romance genres with occasional forays into gothic style horror, including the <i>Legacy
of the Mask </i>series. With a background in politics, classical studies,
ancient history and myth, her affinities bring an eclectic and unique flavour
in her work, mixing reality and dream in alchemical proportions that bring her
characters and worlds to life.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Alex is also proud to be a writer for Perseid Press
where her work features in <i>Heroika: Dragon Eaters, Heroika Skirmishers – </i>where
she was editor and cover designer as well as writer – as well as <i>Lovers in
Hell </i>and<i> Mystics in Hell</i> – part of the acclaimed Heroes in Hell
series.</span> </span><a href="about:blank"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.theperseidpress.com/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Awards: <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Outside the Walls</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">, co-written with Diana L. Wicker received a Chill
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and Noble Author Page </span><a href="about:blank"><span lang="EN-GB">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22A.%20L.%20Butcher</span></a></b></span></p></div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com1Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-76624216127915852012023-05-11T07:00:00.061-04:002023-05-11T07:00:00.139-04:00Release Blitz: Bloom ~ by Brooke Harper @thebrookeharper [Mafia Rose, #3] #DarkMafiaRomance #agegap | @agarcia6510<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKzP8bDQT01JwZr76FIsjxZw3_gRmGn2rrv2zHy5cTOWyhZhrJba4KUCH9_afFocGknAeqIcAQ-7zWHqnfjuU9rTGXs3xclQgS-nJGzBvHaRASL15wGU8TnqOESRGzWaonh0uBL0hh93Uv58KJ_yMAQIpBAKvmCQxSLEufpKaf7TXPDNfXf8UcBL1yQ/s820/BLOOM%20RDB%20BANNER.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKzP8bDQT01JwZr76FIsjxZw3_gRmGn2rrv2zHy5cTOWyhZhrJba4KUCH9_afFocGknAeqIcAQ-7zWHqnfjuU9rTGXs3xclQgS-nJGzBvHaRASL15wGU8TnqOESRGzWaonh0uBL0hh93Uv58KJ_yMAQIpBAKvmCQxSLEufpKaf7TXPDNfXf8UcBL1yQ/w622-h237/BLOOM%20RDB%20BANNER.png" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Title: </span><span style="color: #01ffff; font-size: large;"><b>Bloom </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Series: Mafia Rose, #3<br />Author: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><b>Brooke Harper</b></span><br /><span style="color: white;">Genre: Dark Mafia Romance</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><br />Cover Designer: EmCat Designs<br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Publication Date: May 11</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span face="Arial, sans-serif">, 2023<br /></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: white;">Hosted by:</span> </span><a href="about:blank"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Lady Amber's PR</span></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6CO2d_TBY_2Q1Mr5Ls-Ix_zslHXEiuTW8CqvVot5we_205BnUsyjGMi9Piv0rDnBi3DExw-18Nxax3dJ2NamI8mkW7hr048kVZEEVlvi2L-I7nymv-m9UaqsduPihdDOsUUTmNAiEes7GiRuyDAeN2Yylb6ssE6Ah4pAqH_e4eSifSzn3NINNYnXBg/s2700/BloomNORMALNew%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6CO2d_TBY_2Q1Mr5Ls-Ix_zslHXEiuTW8CqvVot5we_205BnUsyjGMi9Piv0rDnBi3DExw-18Nxax3dJ2NamI8mkW7hr048kVZEEVlvi2L-I7nymv-m9UaqsduPihdDOsUUTmNAiEes7GiRuyDAeN2Yylb6ssE6Ah4pAqH_e4eSifSzn3NINNYnXBg/w426-h640/BloomNORMALNew%20(1).jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: white;">Blurb:</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’ve weathered the storms.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><b><i>Now, it’s my time to bloom.</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">I came too close to losing Nikolai, and it almost destroyed me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">I’m not sure why, but it’s getting harder to hate him every day. Something is blossoming between us—something more than lust—and it scares me. It’s more powerful, more magnetic than I can explain, and that makes it dangerous.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">For both of us.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">To make matters worse, Nikolai’s driven by more than revenge now. He still wants to kill my father and rule over the coast, but with our enemies closing in, he’s just as determined to keep me safe.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">He says he’ll do whatever it takes, even if that means making me his forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">To save my life, I may have to let the man who ruined my life into my heart. But how can a rose bloom when surrounded by so much darkness?</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: large;"><i>This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bxr0Bv"><span>NOW LIVE!</span><br /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122996458-bloom" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="41" data-original-width="130" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvu2FAfumO9BCHIzurwrf3aPfGXyDE7yiARbjVdF4lkAbx6SCdX9PGf57griWavGXLmp7K6YoX6-0YKlwrgdwscpU9n548g8ZFHgCR7rmWg7A8yICUJ5gRETyaZirgKXYgBmdf67S-0Tur_hZfiVNCCzUhC0D6cIgjW9OgtizOkNdj4Oyk0qtdSWZsA/s1600/AddtoGoodreads.png" width="130" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLi7rOoBGWpdH0Le2u9_YI5DP5hUfeFDcRKFGdkGCY91NpzN-ynV0HKSlD0B8bn-VpL6CqNNdP5O5ZIpHRABWp66x1_p6OBit0zOoG3Pr5vSKNn0-ZF1cyrJ_uNnPXXwFY32H-M3w9chpnS265bcSuEVePGwwWCzSX-jo83IRNzhbtppb6RrvuCmfoQ/s1416/HAB_Bloom_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLi7rOoBGWpdH0Le2u9_YI5DP5hUfeFDcRKFGdkGCY91NpzN-ynV0HKSlD0B8bn-VpL6CqNNdP5O5ZIpHRABWp66x1_p6OBit0zOoG3Pr5vSKNn0-ZF1cyrJ_uNnPXXwFY32H-M3w9chpnS265bcSuEVePGwwWCzSX-jo83IRNzhbtppb6RrvuCmfoQ/w400-h400/HAB_Bloom_01.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye3ru8Ucuwu1xDc6xkAXo4u5Ecpq-8EH1eN2_aropl0ymmQWlD8cGtOB7QHy4JBZVh4CClwfttnNmMV-UdtyNv0qqHZCDHFw4pgAAx4AcTQQnukHODzCq73ydsQ-KMG_h8ippbs_Q6fGCHWtSWtxKpJ9A37NHd1MECRlCC9Oaau8nlKCSweUjYlYvQ/s259/Author-Bio.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="82" data-original-width="259" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye3ru8Ucuwu1xDc6xkAXo4u5Ecpq-8EH1eN2_aropl0ymmQWlD8cGtOB7QHy4JBZVh4CClwfttnNmMV-UdtyNv0qqHZCDHFw4pgAAx4AcTQQnukHODzCq73ydsQ-KMG_h8ippbs_Q6fGCHWtSWtxKpJ9A37NHd1MECRlCC9Oaau8nlKCSweUjYlYvQ/s1600/Author-Bio.png" width="259" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg6F-g4gv3l8olvTH-T6GUsdBUlT0h_tT0sGOFjeJGPPKtVnr5ObCCwX_uhglfKOCBlwMovJ37BgkhHiS7KMP3soE4q2-TmEHuSU7PeHzLZ-DapnmYrz3DohS6N1bG1-1AWoyjgfN_VqaxT40EGspOqHR0IK1XxaqsWyogGmmyQ4v8MDoZyD9cbDaOQ/s1500/BrookeHarperLogoFinal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg6F-g4gv3l8olvTH-T6GUsdBUlT0h_tT0sGOFjeJGPPKtVnr5ObCCwX_uhglfKOCBlwMovJ37BgkhHiS7KMP3soE4q2-TmEHuSU7PeHzLZ-DapnmYrz3DohS6N1bG1-1AWoyjgfN_VqaxT40EGspOqHR0IK1XxaqsWyogGmmyQ4v8MDoZyD9cbDaOQ/s320/BrookeHarperLogoFinal.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. 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font-size: large;"><b>The
White Knight Cowboy </b></span></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The
Studs of Clear Creek County, Book 1</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">by</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stacy-Deanne</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #fff2cc;">Genre:
Western Historical BWWM Interracial Romance</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/whiteknightcowboy-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="554" height="52" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/whiteknightcowboy-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Is
this widower cowboy prepared for the feelings stirred up by this
much-younger feisty maid running from the law?</i></span></span></span></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;">When
40-year-old cowboy Dusty returns to his ranch in small-town Clear
Creek County, he is shocked to find 19-year-old, beautiful black
servant Lovely Jo hiding in his stables. She explains how she ran off
after finding the master of her household, dead. She swears she’s
innocent, but needing money to save his ranch, Dusty tries to take
her to the Sheriff to claim the bounty for her return.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;">Lovely
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drinking, and gambling, Dusty is a trustworthy man and there is no
one else in town she’d rather run to.</div></span></span><p></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;">Desperate
with her life on the line, Lovely Jo promises Dusty the one thing she
has in her possession if he’d help her escape town: her virtue. But
she never intended to give him her heart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Stacy-Deanne
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white;">Author:</span> <span style="color: #01ffff;">Eva Winners</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599;">Genre: Dark Mafia Romance</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tropes: Single Dad, Grumpy/Sunshine, </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Forced </span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Proximity</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Cover Design: Eve Graphic Design</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Photographer: Wong Sim</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Model: Paul Ferrari</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: July 6, 2023</b></span></div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Enrico Marchetti.</span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the five Italian mafia kings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Powerful. Untouchable. Corrupt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It started with one innocent look across a room in Paris. He was a lot older than me. A Roman god dressed in an Italian suit, surrounded by an aura I couldn’t resist.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I ran into him again, he effortlessly pulled me under his spell. But little did I know, a night full of carnal pleasure would cost me everything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Enrico Marchetti wanted something, he didn’t just take it. He possessed it. Now, his sights were set on me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">There were secrets this man was keeping. They surrounded him, his dead wife, his children.</span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wanted no part of it, but there was no escaping him. He had taken me to his kingdom, locked the doors, and thrown away the key.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now the only thing left to do was fight. Even if it killed me.</div></span><div>
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</div>Author H K Carltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724368994910016971noreply@blogger.com0Ontario, Canada51.253775 -85.323213922.943541163821152 -120.4794639 79.564008836178843 -50.1669639tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057702583921900959.post-63497427995691567422023-05-01T00:01:00.045-04:002023-05-01T00:01:00.140-04:00Book Tour + #Giveaway - Reaper - by Bianca Lee Ward [War Brothers MC, bk 1] #slowburn #MCRomance | @SDSXXTours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaper-bianca-lee-ward-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaper-bianca-lee-ward-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaper-war-brothers-mc-1-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaper-war-brothers-mc-1-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-size: large;"><b>Reaper
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">War
Brothers MC Book 1</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #01ffff;"><b>Bianca Lee Ward </b></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Slow Burn MC Romance </span>
</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaperblw-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="615" height="68" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/reaperblw-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
let her go once because she wasn’t mine. This time, I’ll die
before I give her up…</span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: white;">I
want her.</span></i></div><span color="#"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">That
smile… those curves.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">But Ava doesn’t belong to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Then
she arrives in my clubhouse, seeking refuge. My gut churns at the
sight of the bruises on her face, the fear in her eyes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Before
I was the president of the War Brothers Motorcycle Club, I was a
special forces sniper who hunted down evil men like her husband. Now
I avoid relationships because the wounds I have are more than skin
deep.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">But Ava’s different, and when I find her in the wrong
bedroom—my bedroom—one night, what happens next changes
everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">I let her go once because she was married, but I
won’t make the same mistake twice.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">I’ll die before I let
her dangerous husband, the jealous women in our club, or the enemy
our club didn’t see coming lay a finger on her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Because this
time around, Ava is mine.</span></div><br /></span><span color="#"><i>For
fans of Autumn Jones Lake, Lani Lynn Vale, and Chantel Fernando, get
ready to fall in love with the protective alpha men of the War
Brothers Motorcycle Club. Each standalone book promises emotionally
captivating small-town romance with a deliciously dark twist.</i></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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is an Australian romance author with a love of culinary adventures
and a playlist for every mood. She enjoys exploring themes of
identity, personal growth, and resilience in her work—with a little
spice on the side. When she isn’t lost in storytelling or absorbed
in her latest read, Bianca can be found watching true crime stories
and documentaries.</b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.biancaleeward.com/en-us">Website</a>
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