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Whenever I’m asked about my books, I’m at a loss about how to condense them. Should I talk about the stock swindle that cost my hero’s father his fortune? Should I mention that our heroine Daisy and Lucian (the vexed viscount in the title) knew each other as children and didn’t exactly see eye to eye? (Lucian would remind me that he has the scar to prove it!) Should I explain that Lucian is desperate to follow the clues to an ancient Roman treasure, but he can’t openly accept Daisy’s help because his father blames her uncle for his financial ruin? Would readers be interested in the secondary romance that takes place in Roman Britain?  Or should I focus on Daisy’s scheme to get around Lucian’s reluctance by masquerading as a courtesan by night, while bedeviling him as herself by day?

When I decided Daisy would pretend to be courtesan in VEXING THE VISCOUNT, I knew this well-born miss would need some help if she was going to be convincing as a “Woman of Pleasure.” Since Daisy is the sort to enjoy a good book, I helped her discover the secret diary of a notorious French courtesan, Blanche La Tour. Not only does Blanche offer Daisy practical sensual advice, she waxes philosophical and displays a sardonic wit.

This is hardly surprising since courtesans were the rock stars of their day. Not always the greatest beauties of the ages, they possessed spirit and intelligence and a willingness to flout society’s rules. It made them the darlings of the period tabloids. They had star quality. They knew how to gather a crowd and hold court with outrageously witty (and often naughty) banter.

The real Blanche La Tour never makes an entrance in VEXING THE VISCOUNT, but through Daisy’s use of her journal, we come to know this unusual woman. We catch snippets of a courtesan’s memoirs in Daisy’s actions and comments as she tries to convince Lucian that she is a “bird of paradise.”

But I also included short excerpts from Blanche La Tour’s memoirs at the head of many chapters. 

Coquettish advice like:

“In the banquet of love, a kiss is the appetizer.”

“A man must hear a few ‘no’s’ in order to fully appreciate a ‘yes’.”

“There comes a point in every chase where the vixen must slow her pace, lest the hound lose the scent.”

Or a peek into the loneliness of a woman whose lover has deserted her for someone more supple of limb:

“And the Lord God said: ‘It is not good that Man should be alone.’ Perhaps it’s escaped His notice, but it’s no great treat for the Woman either!”

Or even a bit of wisdom:

“The moment when lovers step back and say, ‘I know you. And I won’t turn away,’ is the point when real lovemaking begins.”

Readers who’ve had a sneak peek at VEXING THE VISCOUNT ask me if I’ll ever write Blanche’s story. I might, but it wouldn’t be a traditional romance. I have a feeling her idea of happily ever after might just be as unconventional as the rest of her uproarious life!

Please leave a comment or question today! Someone who lets me know they’ve been here is going to win a shiny new copy of VEXING THE VISCOUNT! And be sure to check back tomorrow to see if YOU are the daily winner!

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34 COMMENTS

  • Ingeborg

    Nice insights!
    I have your book on my wishlist… 😎

  • Rachel

    Happy Birthday, Emily!
    I am so looking forward to reading this book.
    Just another week til release date, you must be so excited!
    Enjoy your special day!
    Rachel

  • Jane L

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMILY!!!

    I think birthdays are a day to reflect on our blessings for the year. Instead of being sad about being older! After I turned fourty I realized this LOL! I love the Mardi Gras masks, My bedroom theme at home is done in Mardi Gras, because my husband spent so much time workig in New Orleans, I became fascinated with the mystery of it all! Hope you have wonderful special day! I know you have many blessings this year!!

  • Colleen Thompson

    Happy, happy birthday, Emily! I just received the copy of your book that I preordered and can’t wait to read it. So leave me out of the drawing.

    Just wanted to drop by and tell you to have an outstanding day!

  • Lori

    I love a sexy romance with adventure! Congrats on the book! Can’t wait to read it.

  • Nina Roth Borromeo

    Hi Emily….Amazon is delivering my copy of Vexing the Viscount today…not that I’m looking out the window for the UPS guy or anything. Happy Birthday!

  • Emily Bryan

    Ingeborg–Thanks! Isabella spends a lot of time entertaining the great philosophers and artists of her day. Some of it rubs off.

    Rachel–I’m having a great day! Hope you love Vexing the Viscount!

    Jane L–Yes indeed! This is definitely a day to reflect and give thanks for all my blessings–chief among them another birthday to celebrate. We all get only so many trips around the sun. I’m enjoying each pass.

    Colleen–Thanks so much! Hope you love VTV. I can’t wait for your next release BENEATH BONE LAKE!

    Lori–Originally a romance referred to a book filled with swashbuckling adventure. IVANHOE was considered a romance. Like my heroine Daisy, I’m always up for an adventure!

    Nina–Thanks so much. I appreciate it so when someone spends their hard-earned cash on my books! Sending you cyber-hugs!

  • Destiny Booze

    Happy Birthday!!!

  • elainec

    Hi Emily,
    Happy Birthday!!! You have a lot to celebrate with good news from your doctor and “Vexing the Viscount” coming out. 🙂
    I have an ARC and love your book. It has many of my favorite elements in a novel.
    I’d love to be Daisy. She’s smart, educated, willing to work on an archaeological dig, willing to disguise herself to get close to Lucian, and very funny.
    Lucian has a sense of humor, besides being gorgeous. He has purpose in his life which many astrocrats of his time didn’t.
    Thanks for writing such an enjoyable book. I’m still searching for “Distracting the Duchess”. I wish that would be reprinted. It certainly garnered top reviews.
    elainec

  • DarleneW

    HI Emily, I already won a copy of VEXING THE VISCOUNT (and am patiently waiting for it’s arrival) so leave me out of the contest too. I just wanted to stop and say hello…. 😈 I’m really not patient I want to read this book even more after reading what you wrote today 😆

    Happy Birthday

  • Nynke

    Hi Emily,

    There’s so much to focus on in this book! And I’m running a bit late, I know, but I loved yesterday’s blog and exerpt, too! Another lovely scene – makes you feel where it all started out for Daisy. 🙂
    (And lots of congratulations, but I left some of those on your ‘home blog’, too!)

    Nynke

  • Kim Watters

    Happy Birthday Emily!

  • Rhonda Barnes

    Happy Birthday, Emily! I hope you’re enjoying your blog tour. 😛 I’m looking forward to reading my copy of Vexing The Viscount.

    God Bless,
    Rhonda 🙂

  • Emily Bryan

    Destiny–thanks for the well-wishes! 😉

    Elaine–Distracting the Duchess is still available. Though you may not find it in the stores, any bookstore can order it for you. If you buy your books online (as I frequently do–anything to avoid Boston traffic!) it’s at Amazon, B & N.com, Borders.com and a host of others. Oh! And through http://www.dorchesterpub.com . 😀

    Darlene–As Isabella would say, “Anticipation is the whetstone of desire!” 😆

    Nynke wished me Happy Birthday in Dutch on my blog and explained their sentiment is “Well-wishes from the heart.” Now that’s lovely!

  • Emily Bryan

    Kim-Thanks for stopping by! I’m having a great day! 🙂

  • Lisa W.

    Happy Birthday Emily

    I love the sound of this book.

  • Anastasia St. James

    Hi, Emily!

    Just dropping by to wish you a fantastic birthday!!! I’m anxiously awaiting for Amazon UK to deliver my copy of VTV, so you don’t need to include me in the drawing.

    I’m very much looking forward to it!!!

  • peggy Q

    Happy birthday Emily,
    your book sounds great

  • peggy Q

    Happy birthday Emily,
    your book sounds great

  • peggy Q

    Happy birthday Emily,
    your book sounds great

  • afshan N

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY! 😀

  • Christine

    First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
    Second: I just wanted to say that after having read the exerpt on your website for vexing the viscount, I drove an hour to the the nearest barnes and noble on the off chance that they MIGHT have it in stock. They didn’t, but I will get a notification call when it comes in.
    This is how badly I want to read this book.
    Just thought you should know that!

  • Cheryl F.

    Hey Emily,
    I’m looking forward to reading VTV and hope to get my hands on a copy soon. I’ve already read DTD and PTP, and enjoyed them both a lot! Anyways I just wanted to say Happy Birthday! Best wishes and have a great day!

  • Carol G

    I enjoyed reading your info on the decision making process for the characteristics of the hero and heroine of Vexing the Viscount. I read a huge amount of a variety of genres and am in awe of the ability of the authors to erect full scale lives in a wide array of times and places (including a lot of out-of-this world since I enjoy scifi and paranormals too). I consider myself reasonably intelligent and fairly imaginative, but there is NO way I could write a book! But then, I remind myself that maybe they couldn’t see themselves doing what I did for a career either (RN in L&D)!

  • Emily Bryan

    Rhonda B–I’m having a ball on my blog tour! Thanks for coming by.

    Thanks, Lisa! Hope you love Vexing the Viscount!

    Anastasia–Bless your heart! I appreciate you buying my book sooo much! Amazon in the US claims to have it already. Bet the UK version won’t be far behind.

    Thanks, Peggy. My DH took me out for supper tonight. We went to the Outback and had their delicious steaks.

    Afshan– 😀 back at ya!

    Oh, Christine! That’s dedication! Thanks so much. I used to live 3 hours from the nearest B & N, but we had an indie bookseller in the little town where we lived. They would order anything I wanted and were terrific about stocking my books!

    Cheryl–I’m so glad you enjoyed DISTRACTING THE DUCHESS and PLEASURING THE PIRATE! Did you hear that DtD was tapped for an RT Reviewers Choice Award? I’ll find out if it won at the RT Convention in Orlando this April. Just to be nominated is such a thrill!

    Carol–I started out in a nursing program in college and quickly realized I was not wired to do the job. Loved the class work (The human body is fascinating!) but working with patients would have been so stressful. I’d be riding the emotional rollercoaster with each one of them. I admire you tremendously, but I could not do what you do.

  • LuAnn Morgan

    Wow! Happy Birthday, Emily! 🙂

  • MarthaE

    This sounds like a fun, sexy historical – my fav! And I like having liitle blurbs at each chapter… that makes it more fun.

  • Angela

    Happy birthday Emily!! 😀

  • Meryl Libbey

    Happy Birthday to you, and an almost happy birthday (seven days and counting) to all the wonderful characters in Vexing the Viscount! They sound exciting, and compelling, and like they’d be loads of fun at a birthday bash! (Especially the ones like Ms. La Tour, who sounds like she would be misbehaving quite badly! Oh la la!) Congratulations to you on both these birthdays, and best wishes to you and your next crew of characters for a wonderful year!

  • Virgina H

    Hi Emily, I am here a little late but I did make it. It want be much longer until your release date. Have a great night!

  • Lara Lee

    Happy Birthday, Emily! I think Blanche La Tour sounds like a fascinating character, and would love to see more of her. Maybe if she can’t have her own romance, she might show up (in one way or another) in others. Successful Courtesans probably had the best life a woman could have in those days. Makes for some great reading!

  • Julie Robinson

    Happy late b-day, Emily. Hope your dh planned something special for you. Another great excerpt. I can’t wait to receive my copy 😛
    Julie

  • Emily Bryan

    Thanks LuAnn 😎

    Marha E–I’ve toyed with the idea of writing Mlle. La Tour’s memoirs as sort of companion piece to VEXING THE VISCOUNT, but for now we at least have snippets from it in Daisy’s story.

    Thanks Angela! I enjoy every single trip around the sun! 😎

    Meryl! I missed you at the last NEC meeting. Maybe the conference in March?

    Virginia–T-minus only a few days and counting till VEXING THE VISCOUNT’s official launch! Though people have told me they’ve received their pre-ordered copies already. Thanks for stopping by!

  • Emily Bryan

    I’m just checking with my lovely hosts here at CoffeeTime Romance to see if my DH gets to pick the winner today or if my host will, so please check back later for the announcement.

    In the meantime, the 50day/50blog VEXING THE VISCOUNT Tour marches on! Today, I’m visiting http://www.mamawriters.com. It’s a brand new blog with a practical twist. Come join me for your daily dose of wackiness!

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An Author’s Twelve Days of Christmas

With the holiday season upon us, it is our time to reflect on the year gone by and start getting together a list of resolutions for the New Year. This is one of my comic relief poems. I refer to it as my quick pick-me-upper when my muse comes to a halt. This is my version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my friends gave to me:

Twelve hours of nonstop writing,
Eleven great plots ideas with a twist,
Ten true to life characters,
Nine boxes of tissues,
Eight books on writing,
Seven sites on marketing,
Six unique promo tips,
Five colored highlighters,
Four packages of post it notes,
Three colorful loose-leaf binders,
Two boxes of colorful paperclips,
And a bottle of Procesecco to stimulate my mind.

To all my writer friends and readers I`d like to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season full of love and happiness! I`m sharing with you my Christmas tree and decorations.

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Down at the Shore
Brooke Dascoli is in a relationship that’s going nowhere. She moves into the beach house her grandmother left her at the Jersey Shore and forms a friendship with her neighbors, Flo Meadows and Jane Cummings. Flo carries around a huge secret that has haunted her since her first marriage and Jane is having a hard time dealing with a cheating husband who died shortly after their divorce. Together each woman shares their past indiscretions and future dreams, while dealing with loss, renewal and starting over.
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My Fake Italian Marriage by Romy Sommer
Escape to Italy for a summer romance
As the nights draw in and winter approaches, you may be indulging in hot cocoa, woolly sweaters, and Hallmark holiday movies...or you might be indulging in dreams of summery destinations and strappy sundresses. I'm definitely in the latter camp. I don't do well with the cold, so I hibernate all winter, warming myself up by escaping to warmer climes in the pages of books. One of my favorite destinations, no matter the season, is Italy - the home of pizza, pasta, gelato, and amazing wines. (And yes, I am a tad obsessed with the taste of Italy!)

Enjoy your own escape to Italy with "My Fake Italian Marriage," a romance filled with sunshine, mouth-watering food and wine, and (of course!) a heart-warming fake marriage romance.

In the words of The Unrepentant Bookaholic: "Set in the beautiful Tuscan hills and vineyards, this story was delightful, sweetly steamy, and still romantic. Sworn off men after two failed relationships, Cleo is sent to Luca's family vineyard to protect her company's investment. Sparks fly, and a reluctant partnership is formed to keep the failing business alive. Fabulous!"

Purchase Links: 

https://www.romysommer.com/montalcino-romances

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Apple iBooks: http://aps.harpercollins.com/hc?isbn=9780008353605&retailer=apple

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Where to find Romy:

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My Fake Italian Marriage by Romy Sommer
Escape to Italy for a summer romance
As the nights draw in and winter approaches, you may be indulging in hot cocoa, woolly sweaters, and Hallmark holiday movies...or you might be indulging in dreams of summery destinations and strappy sundresses. I`m definitely in the latter camp. I don`t do well with the cold, so I hibernate all winter, warming myself up by escaping to warmer climes in the pages of books. One of my favorite destinations, no matter the season, is Italy - the home of pizza, pasta, gelato, and amazing wines. (And yes, I am a tad obsessed with the taste of Italy!)

Enjoy your own escape to Italy with "My Fake Italian Marriage," a romance filled with sunshine, mouth-watering food and wine, and (of course!) a heart-warming fake marriage romance.

In the words of The Unrepentant Bookaholic: "Set in the beautiful Tuscan hills and vineyards, this story was delightful, sweetly steamy, and still romantic. Sworn off men after two failed relationships, Cleo is sent to Luca`s family vineyard to protect her company`s investment. Sparks fly, and a reluctant partnership is formed to keep the failing business alive. Fabulous!"

Purchase Links:

https://www.romysommer.com/montalcino-romances

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3DYUWW1

Apple iBooks: http://aps.harpercollins.com/hc?isbn=9780008353605&retailer=apple

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-fake-italian-marriage-romy-sommer/1143776409

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/my-fake-italian-marriage

Google Books: http://aps.harpercollins.com/hc?isbn=9780008353605&retailer=googleplay

Where to find Romy:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/RomySommerAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romy_sommer_author/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@romy_sommer_author

Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/romysommer/

Mastodon: https://romancelandia.club/@romy

Goodreads: https://goodreads.com/author/show/6603454.Romy_Sommer



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Interview with Lucy Felthousehttps://bit.ly/4fJavT3Welcome, today we are talking with Lucy Felthouse! I would like to thank you for taking time out of your busy writing schedule to answer a few questions. First, let's delve into who you are. Some of the questions may be untraditional but you’d be surprised at what readers connect to, and sometimes the simplest ‘I can relate to that’ grabs their interest where nothing else can.

Can you share a little something about Lucy Felthouse that’s not mentioned in your bio on your website?

I try to counteract my love of chocolate by spending lots of time walking in the countryside, going to Zumba once a week and doing Yoga at home.

How long have you been writing?

Since I was a child. I was a huge reader from a young age, and loved adventure stories, so anything by Enid Blyton, that kind of thing. I would spend hours making up my own stories and scribbling into notebooks. I wish I still had them now—I’m intrigued as to whether any of it was any good!

In terms of writing for publication, it’s getting on for twenty years now, since I was at university.

What have you found most challenging about it?

That when you write in certain genres, i.e. romance, and particularly steamy romance, you will often find people look down on you and what you write. There are certain places where writers of other genres will be welcomed, but you won’t. I’ve learnt to live with it, and don’t try to insert myself where “my face doesn’t fit”, but I do find it quite annoying at times. In a lot of ways, we still live in a very narrow minded world.

What does writing do for you? Is it fun, cathartic, do you get emotional? 

All of the above! I’ve made myself laugh writing, I’ve made myself cry writing. I take it as a good sign, to be honest. As the writer, I know what’s going to happen, so if I still get emotional about it, then surely that means I’m doing something right!

Describe what your writing routine looks like. Are you disciplined with a strict schedule or do you have to be in the mood?

I don’t have a routine. I don’t write full time, and I don’t always have a book or story on the go. So it all depends. When I am writing a book, I t...

Interview with Lucy Felthousehttps://bit.ly/4fJavT3Welcome, today we are talking with Lucy Felthouse! I would like to thank you for taking time out of your busy writing schedule to answer a few questions. First, let`s delve into who you are. Some of the questions may be untraditional but you’d be surprised at what readers connect to, and sometimes the simplest ‘I can relate to that’ grabs their interest where nothing else can.

Can you share a little something about Lucy Felthouse that’s not mentioned in your bio on your website?

I try to counteract my love of chocolate by spending lots of time walking in the countryside, going to Zumba once a week and doing Yoga at home.

How long have you been writing?

Since I was a child. I was a huge reader from a young age, and loved adventure stories, so anything by Enid Blyton, that kind of thing. I would spend hours making up my own stories and scribbling into notebooks. I wish I still had them now—I’m intrigued as to whether any of it was any good!

In terms of writing for publication, it’s getting on for twenty years now, since I was at university.

What have you found most challenging about it?

That when you write in certain genres, i.e. romance, and particularly steamy romance, you will often find people look down on you and what you write. There are certain places where writers of other genres will be welcomed, but you won’t. I’ve learnt to live with it, and don’t try to insert myself where “my face doesn’t fit”, but I do find it quite annoying at times. In a lot of ways, we still live in a very narrow minded world.

What does writing do for you? Is it fun, cathartic, do you get emotional?

All of the above! I’ve made myself laugh writing, I’ve made myself cry writing. I take it as a good sign, to be honest. As the writer, I know what’s going to happen, so if I still get emotional about it, then surely that means I’m doing something right!

Describe what your writing routine looks like. Are you disciplined with a strict schedule or do you have to be in the mood?

I don’t have a routine. I don’t write full time, and I don’t always have a book or story on the go. So it all depends. When I am writing a book, I t...
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Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café by Kris Bock
Find #Romance at a Cat Café! #books
Start the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series for only 99 cents with Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café!

Readers say: "I absolutely love this heartfelt series."

"I loved this book so much that I purchased the next in the series, and it is just as sweet!"

What do you do when you meet the guy of your dreams? Set him up with your sister, of course.

Kari doesn't have time for love when she's opening her new cat café. She's busy hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 shelter cats. She's doing this for the cats, the community, and her family. The café will give her sister, Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills.

Then a tattooed military vet wanders in claiming he's a master baker. Surely Marley will fall for a guy this sweet.

Colin has other ideas. It's Kari who makes him want to turn up the heat. But he's spent the last two years recovering from physical and psychological wounds. Is he really ready for a relationship? He's not even sure he should commit to Samson, the sweet Siamese cat who steals his heart.

The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series is available in ebook or print at all major retailers. Start the series for only 99 cents! Find it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084GRN7CC

Or at all retailers: https://storyoriginapp.com/collections/6eb320a9-c5ab-45f9-ba44-46a902be614e

The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Each book is a complete story with a happy ending for one couple.

Get Lions and Love at the Cat Café, a sweet romance novella, free when you sign up for Kris Bock's Romance and Mystery newsletter: https://sendfox.com/KrisBock

Kris Bock writes romance, mystery, and suspense. In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a billion-dollar lottery. Can they build new dreams and find love amidst the chaos? In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty....

Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café by Kris Bock
Find #Romance at a Cat Café! #books
Start the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series for only 99 cents with Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café!

Readers say: "I absolutely love this heartfelt series."

"I loved this book so much that I purchased the next in the series, and it is just as sweet!"

What do you do when you meet the guy of your dreams? Set him up with your sister, of course.

Kari doesn`t have time for love when she`s opening her new cat café. She`s busy hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 shelter cats. She`s doing this for the cats, the community, and her family. The café will give her sister, Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills.

Then a tattooed military vet wanders in claiming he`s a master baker. Surely Marley will fall for a guy this sweet.

Colin has other ideas. It`s Kari who makes him want to turn up the heat. But he`s spent the last two years recovering from physical and psychological wounds. Is he really ready for a relationship? He`s not even sure he should commit to Samson, the sweet Siamese cat who steals his heart.

The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series is available in ebook or print at all major retailers. Start the series for only 99 cents! Find it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084GRN7CC

Or at all retailers: https://storyoriginapp.com/collections/6eb320a9-c5ab-45f9-ba44-46a902be614e

The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Each book is a complete story with a happy ending for one couple.

Get Lions and Love at the Cat Café, a sweet romance novella, free when you sign up for Kris Bock`s Romance and Mystery newsletter: https://sendfox.com/KrisBock

Kris Bock writes romance, mystery, and suspense. In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a billion-dollar lottery. Can they build new dreams and find love amidst the chaos? In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty....
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Breaker by AK Nevermore
Check out Breaker, a Spicy Dystopian Romance...
Hey all, AK Nevermore back with the first book in a brand new series, Breaker. If you're a fan of Spicy Dystopian Romance, then this is the series for you!

Beware the Coming Storm...

On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent upon the exploitation of captive Talents, is hunting them...

Self-exiled to the Outside, Flynn Scot is oath-bound to a life of strict penance.

Cursed with a vicious temper and haunted by the blood-stained debauchery of his past, Flynn's sworn off women, whiskey, and violence, and doesn't give a damn about whispers of the coming war. He sure as hell isn't in the mood to make good on a debt when it's called in, especially when playing white knight outs him as a Talent, and the damsel in distress as his soulmate.

On the run from her future as a broodmare for the Source, escaped Talent Kara Jester is no distressed damsel.

And the last thing she wants is to be trapped in a blizzard with a surly—and frustratingly captivating—thug. Without the suppression meds holding her libido in check, her biology's primed to procreate, and Flynn's growled assurances that he won't touch her doesn't match the hunger in his eyes.

It doesn't align with what fate has in store for them, either.

With elite troops hot on their heels and the border set to close, it's a race to the North, away from Kara's horrific future and towards the dark past Flynn wants to keep buried. Clinging to the shreds of his oath, he's forced to choose between protecting the woman he's afraid to love and letting out the animal he swore he'd never be again. Either may destroy him, if Kara's secrets don't get them killed first.

Want more? It's free to read in Kindle Unlimited, and you can download the Breeder, the series prequel, for free here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/91ffk852qo

Purchase Link: Books2Read https://books2read.com/BreakerOne

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Breaker by AK Nevermore
Check out Breaker, a Spicy Dystopian Romance...
Hey all, AK Nevermore back with the first book in a brand new series, Breaker. If you`re a fan of Spicy Dystopian Romance, then this is the series for you!

Beware the Coming Storm...

On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent upon the exploitation of captive Talents, is hunting them...

Self-exiled to the Outside, Flynn Scot is oath-bound to a life of strict penance.

Cursed with a vicious temper and haunted by the blood-stained debauchery of his past, Flynn`s sworn off women, whiskey, and violence, and doesn`t give a damn about whispers of the coming war. He sure as hell isn`t in the mood to make good on a debt when it`s called in, especially when playing white knight outs him as a Talent, and the damsel in distress as his soulmate.

On the run from her future as a broodmare for the Source, escaped Talent Kara Jester is no distressed damsel.

And the last thing she wants is to be trapped in a blizzard with a surly—and frustratingly captivating—thug. Without the suppression meds holding her libido in check, her biology`s primed to procreate, and Flynn`s growled assurances that he won`t touch her doesn`t match the hunger in his eyes.

It doesn`t align with what fate has in store for them, either.

With elite troops hot on their heels and the border set to close, it`s a race to the North, away from Kara`s horrific future and towards the dark past Flynn wants to keep buried. Clinging to the shreds of his oath, he`s forced to choose between protecting the woman he`s afraid to love and letting out the animal he swore he`d never be again. Either may destroy him, if Kara`s secrets don`t get them killed first.

Want more? It`s free to read in Kindle Unlimited, and you can download the Breeder, the series prequel, for free here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/91ffk852qo

Purchase Link: Books2Read https://books2read.com/BreakerOne

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Interview with Zara WestWelcome, today we are talking with Zara West! I would like to thank you for taking time out of your busy writing schedule to answer a few questions. First, let's delve into who you are. Some of the questions may be untraditional but you’d be surprised at what readers connect to, and sometimes the simplest ‘I can relate to that’ grabs their interest where nothing else can.

Can you share a little something about yourself that’s not mentioned in your bio on your website?

I am a champion hand spinner with a collection blue ribbons from the New York State Fair. My spinning wheel was handmade by a local carpenter who used the same tools used during the Colonial Period.

How long have you been writing?

I have been writing forever. As a child, I loved art, horses, and storytelling. I wrote hundreds of tiny, illustrated books full of talking horses, which I sold to my classmates for a penny. Then I grew up and turned to writing non-fiction. I have written magazine and academic articles, how-to-manuals, craft books, and college textbooks on a wide range of topics, including art, ethnography, weaving, technology, and writing. But for the last fifteen years I have returned to writing the fiction I love to read – historical fiction and romance.

What have you found most challenging about it?

The change to fiction from non-fiction was hard. The structure of each is totally different. The biggest difference is that non-fiction is full of telling, but fiction needs to reach deep inside a character’s psyche and show how they experience the things they are doing and the things happening to them, emotionally. When lovers kiss in a romance, the reader needs to feel that kiss as real.

What does writing do for you? Is it fun, cathartic, do you get emotional?

Writing a story is pure release. I practice a technique called fast drafting (I have published a book about it Fast Draft Your Manuscript and Get it Done Now).

When I am writing, I focus totally on the story. I don’t worry about grammar or spelling or being precise. Instead, I just let the ideas and character’s voices flow out of my fingers. I am that character. I’m in that experience. I’m in the...

Interview with Zara WestWelcome, today we are talking with Zara West! I would like to thank you for taking time out of your busy writing schedule to answer a few questions. First, let`s delve into who you are. Some of the questions may be untraditional but you’d be surprised at what readers connect to, and sometimes the simplest ‘I can relate to that’ grabs their interest where nothing else can.

Can you share a little something about yourself that’s not mentioned in your bio on your website?

I am a champion hand spinner with a collection blue ribbons from the New York State Fair. My spinning wheel was handmade by a local carpenter who used the same tools used during the Colonial Period.

How long have you been writing?

I have been writing forever. As a child, I loved art, horses, and storytelling. I wrote hundreds of tiny, illustrated books full of talking horses, which I sold to my classmates for a penny. Then I grew up and turned to writing non-fiction. I have written magazine and academic articles, how-to-manuals, craft books, and college textbooks on a wide range of topics, including art, ethnography, weaving, technology, and writing. But for the last fifteen years I have returned to writing the fiction I love to read – historical fiction and romance.

What have you found most challenging about it?

The change to fiction from non-fiction was hard. The structure of each is totally different. The biggest difference is that non-fiction is full of telling, but fiction needs to reach deep inside a character’s psyche and show how they experience the things they are doing and the things happening to them, emotionally. When lovers kiss in a romance, the reader needs to feel that kiss as real.

What does writing do for you? Is it fun, cathartic, do you get emotional?

Writing a story is pure release. I practice a technique called fast drafting (I have published a book about it Fast Draft Your Manuscript and Get it Done Now).

When I am writing, I focus totally on the story. I don’t worry about grammar or spelling or being precise. Instead, I just let the ideas and character’s voices flow out of my fingers. I am that character. I’m in that experience. I’m in the...
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The Marquis and the Vixen by Collette Cameron
The only thing more passionate than their differences is their chemistry...
There is nothing Blythe Culpepper wants less than a Season in London. Except Lord Leventhrope. She definitely wants nothing to do with that odious (and admittedly handsome) man. So, imagine her dismay when she's saddled with both...

Tristan has no interest in social gatherings. Which is why he's as surprised as everyone else when he agrees to help present the Culpeppers to Society. If only he could determine why the sharp-tongued Blythe captivates him like no other...

Tristan and Blythe soon learn there's nothing like a little forced proximity—and a deadly enemy—to help a pair of polar opposites see what they truly mean to each other. But is happily ever after in the cards for this tormented marquis and the vivacious vixen of his dreams?

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The Marquis and the Vixen
Copyright by Collette Cameron®

A woman of noble character will at all times remember, calm composure flummoxes the schemes of evil-intended people. ~ Dignity and Decorum—The Genteel Lady's Guide to Practical Living

London, England, Late May, 1822

Flimflam and goose-butt feathers!

One hand hiding her mouth, Blythe Culpepper gaped as she trailed her cousin, Brooke, and Brooke's husband, Heath, the Earl of Ravensdale, into the mansion.

Surely that wasn't authentic gold gilding the ornate cornices? Squinting to see better, she surveyed the grand entrance. Yes. It is.

And not just the sculpted cornices either. The plasterwork and practically every other surface, excluding the coffered ceiling's elaborate paintings and the rose-tinted marble floor, boasted the shiny adornment.

Everything pink and gold and glittery. And costly.

"What a despicable waste of money." Flinging Heath a hasty glance, Blythe checked her muttering. It wouldn't do to offend him or their hostess within a minute of arrival.

The peeress, swathed in gold satin and dripping in diamonds—three diamond bracelets? On each wrist?—stood beside an enormous urn. Blythe fought the scowl tugging at her mouth and brows. Disgusting, this brazen flaunting of wealth.

Clamping her slack mouth closed, she relucta...

The Marquis and the Vixen by Collette Cameron
The only thing more passionate than their differences is their chemistry...
There is nothing Blythe Culpepper wants less than a Season in London. Except Lord Leventhrope. She definitely wants nothing to do with that odious (and admittedly handsome) man. So, imagine her dismay when she`s saddled with both...

Tristan has no interest in social gatherings. Which is why he`s as surprised as everyone else when he agrees to help present the Culpeppers to Society. If only he could determine why the sharp-tongued Blythe captivates him like no other...

Tristan and Blythe soon learn there`s nothing like a little forced proximity—and a deadly enemy—to help a pair of polar opposites see what they truly mean to each other. But is happily ever after in the cards for this tormented marquis and the vivacious vixen of his dreams?

EXCERPT

The Marquis and the Vixen
Copyright by Collette Cameron®

A woman of noble character will at all times remember, calm composure flummoxes the schemes of evil-intended people. ~ Dignity and Decorum—The Genteel Lady`s Guide to Practical Living

London, England, Late May, 1822

Flimflam and goose-butt feathers!

One hand hiding her mouth, Blythe Culpepper gaped as she trailed her cousin, Brooke, and Brooke`s husband, Heath, the Earl of Ravensdale, into the mansion.

Surely that wasn`t authentic gold gilding the ornate cornices? Squinting to see better, she surveyed the grand entrance. Yes. It is.

And not just the sculpted cornices either. The plasterwork and practically every other surface, excluding the coffered ceiling`s elaborate paintings and the rose-tinted marble floor, boasted the shiny adornment.

Everything pink and gold and glittery. And costly.

"What a despicable waste of money." Flinging Heath a hasty glance, Blythe checked her muttering. It wouldn`t do to offend him or their hostess within a minute of arrival.

The peeress, swathed in gold satin and dripping in diamonds—three diamond bracelets? On each wrist?—stood beside an enormous urn. Blythe fought the scowl tugging at her mouth and brows. Disgusting, this brazen flaunting of wealth.

Clamping her slack mouth closed, she relucta...
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A Hero's Heart by Amber Daulton

 
Danger and Love at Christmas
In A Hero's Heart, DEA agent Jarrett Brandt returns home after several years and runs into his one true love and former girlfriend Marissa. Though he never intended to start things up with her again, love and fate had other plans.

Romantic suspense is one of my favorite sub-genres to read and write. I love second chance stories about damaged heroes with self-esteem issues, and Jarrett fits the bill. He made a lot of mistakes as a teenager and young adult, but finally got his priorities straight and cleaned up. He's a classic romance hero, in my opinion, because he's learned from his past and now puts his life on the line to help others. He's selfless, strong, and understanding, which makes him a swoon-worthy book boyfriend. Besides, he drives a motorcycle. What could be hotter?

Most romantic suspense books I've read aren't centered around major holidays, so that makes A Hero's Heart different from what I conceive as the norm. Christmas-themed stories often bring to mind hot chocolate, sleigh rides, snowmen, and a jolly man in a red suit. Most of the time, those stories are sweet, heartfelt romances with little to no sex, and there's nothing wrong with that. I love reading those stories! If I could choose, however, I prefer adrenaline-laced, action-filled romances that take the hero and heroine through the ringer, both in and out of the bedroom. Just because it's Christmas, the time to be merry, doesn't mean the bad guys have gone home to twiddle their thumbs and wait out the New Year. In this genre, danger is always lurking around the corner and it's not something to be taken lightly, as Jarrett and Marissa eventually realize.

As with all true romance books, no matter what happens during the course of the story, one important thing remains the same—the romance. The hero and heroine may achieve their happily ever after in different ways, but as long as the reader is smiling, then it's a good book.

Purchase Links: 

Amazon – https://bit.ly/aherosheartamazon
Barnes and Noble – https://bit.ly/aherosheartnook
Apple – https://apple.co/45LMWUx
Kobo – https://bit.ly/aherosheartkobo
Google Play – http...

A Hero`s Heart by Amber Daulton


Danger and Love at Christmas
In A Hero`s Heart, DEA agent Jarrett Brandt returns home after several years and runs into his one true love and former girlfriend Marissa. Though he never intended to start things up with her again, love and fate had other plans.

Romantic suspense is one of my favorite sub-genres to read and write. I love second chance stories about damaged heroes with self-esteem issues, and Jarrett fits the bill. He made a lot of mistakes as a teenager and young adult, but finally got his priorities straight and cleaned up. He`s a classic romance hero, in my opinion, because he`s learned from his past and now puts his life on the line to help others. He`s selfless, strong, and understanding, which makes him a swoon-worthy book boyfriend. Besides, he drives a motorcycle. What could be hotter?

Most romantic suspense books I`ve read aren`t centered around major holidays, so that makes A Hero`s Heart different from what I conceive as the norm. Christmas-themed stories often bring to mind hot chocolate, sleigh rides, snowmen, and a jolly man in a red suit. Most of the time, those stories are sweet, heartfelt romances with little to no sex, and there`s nothing wrong with that. I love reading those stories! If I could choose, however, I prefer adrenaline-laced, action-filled romances that take the hero and heroine through the ringer, both in and out of the bedroom. Just because it`s Christmas, the time to be merry, doesn`t mean the bad guys have gone home to twiddle their thumbs and wait out the New Year. In this genre, danger is always lurking around the corner and it`s not something to be taken lightly, as Jarrett and Marissa eventually realize.

As with all true romance books, no matter what happens during the course of the story, one important thing remains the same—the romance. The hero and heroine may achieve their happily ever after in different ways, but as long as the reader is smiling, then it`s a good book.

Purchase Links:

Amazon – https://bit.ly/aherosheartamazon
Barnes and Noble – https://bit.ly/aherosheartnook
Apple – https://apple.co/45LMWUx
Kobo – https://bit.ly/aherosheartkobo
Google Play – http...
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