Welcome to Saturday Spankings, where we get to share a little naughtiness from The Reunion, always free to read at Kindle Unlimited.
Be sure to travel to the other spankers for your dose of Saturday hotness – the list is at the end of this post.
It’s her 20th high school reunion — or rather, the morning after, and Sarah has just awakened to find bad boy Adam Granger in her bed. Last week we listened in as she remembered the night before. Looks like he’s waking up now…
EXCERPT
Adam’s
eyes slowly opened and then sprang wide.
Had
he just remembered where he was and what they’d shared?
He
glanced at the clock. “Christ, I’ve got a plane to catch.” He scrambled from
the bed and lumbered for the bathroom.
“And
a howdy, good morning to you, too,” Sarah said, to the closing bathroom door.
If he heard her, he gave no indication. She pulled the sheet up to her neck.
Adam
quickly returned to the bedroom looking slightly worn.
Sarah
marveled at his long cock dangling between his legs and warmed with pride
knowing she’d been able to manage a man his size.
But
her lover wasn’t coming back to bed.
A dark and brooding bad boy, his petite Latina lover, and his unattainable former high school crush ~ a sizzling, combustible threesome.
BLURB
Dark and brooding, Adam Granger was always the bad boy out of reach—but
now he’s in Sarah Atkinson’s bed, the morning after their twentieth high school
reunion. When Adam beats a retreat to his Pacific Palisades estate, former good
girl Sarah throws caution to the wind and pursues him.
Petite copper-skinned Maria Ramirez greets Sarah at Adam’s front door.
The former exotic dancer doesn’t challenge Sarah’s assumption she’s the
maid—how long will it take the dark-haired beauty to figure out Maria is Adam’s
live-in lover? Better yet, how long before Maria can entice her into their bed?
Determined not to rock his hard-won lifestyle, Adam resolves to push
Sarah past her sexual limits so she’ll leave. When she stays, he watches
helplessly as the two women fall in love with each other. Will they shut him
out? And, if they let him in, what must he sacrifice?
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Audiobook Rights
Holder: Amber Daulton with Daulton Publishing
Audiobook Release
Date: January 23, 2020
Ebook Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press
Ebook Release Date: February 11, 2019
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Length: 40k
Heat Rating: 3
Flames
Blurb
Out-of-work violinist Erica Timberly decides enough is
enough. She leaves her abusive boyfriend and flees the big city, but then her
car breaks down in the middle of the night. Though wary of men, she accepts
help from Dylan Haynes, a stranger driving by on the road, and soon recognizes
him as the sexy former drummer of her favorite indie rock band. Maybe, just
maybe, her run of bad luck is finally turning around.
Music teacher Dylan Haynes knows Erica is in trouble, and
her black eye is only the first clue. The stubborn yet vulnerable woman needs a
friend, but he’s determined to give her everything she deserves.
Will Erica listen to the music in her heart and trust Dylan,
or will her past always threaten her future?
Excerpt
Dylan deepened the kiss
and lightly tugged on her bottom lip. Tears streaked his flushed cheeks as he
smiled at her. “I’m so grateful I found you, baby. I heard you screaming. When
I saw that bastard press a gun to your head, my heart nearly exploded. I
thought I might lose you. I promise you, Erica, I will never control you as
Phil did. You will always have the ability to choose. I just want to make you
happy.”
She gripped his hand and
brushed her lips across his calloused knuckles. “I know. You do make me happy.
You took a bullet for me.” A sob constricted her throat, but she pushed it
down.
A blast of noise rent the
air. Fireworks filled the sky, visible in the alley from the narrow stretch of
space between the buildings.
Erica loved the bright
colors and designs, but hardly cared about watching the spectacle. She dropped
her gaze back to Dylan.
A grin spread across his
face. “It’s been one wild Fourth of July. Why don’t we do something more
low-key next year? How about no guns and crazy exes? Just us, the creek, and a
bottle of wine. Clothing optional.”
She laughed softly, amazed
he could make light of the situation. “That sounds perfect. Absolutely
perfect.”
Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas.
Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press and Books to Go Now, and are available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats.
Welcome to Book Hooks, a Wednesday offering by members of Marketing For Romance Writers to share a little taste of our work and entice you into wanting more! Click on the links at the end to travel to other Book Hook posts, and enjoy!
We’re
thrilled to announce Extasy Books has re-released our erotic romantic suspense, The Merry Widow. Thoroughly revised and edited, this is the steamy story
of a mid-life widow’s sexual awakening. Following a prologue to set the stage,
it opens with an erotic scene between two women – the first ever in our
heroine’s life. If this isn’t your cup of tea, no problem – you might prefer
our Romantic
Suspense books, all of which deliver one man, one woman, hot sex, and
perilous danger.
But if
this appeals to you – hang on for the ride! Recently widowed and in her early
forties, Merry Delany is about to plunge into a self-discovery journey that
takes her places she’s never imagined, much less hoped for. Once passion is
unleashed, can it be stopped?
Today’s excerpt is the morning after last week’s conversation about being watched; we’ll leave it in your capable hands to figure out what took place in between…
EXCERPT
Jim smelled Merry first and then the coffee. He inhaled,
trying to keep both separate—she still smelled of arousal and sex. The coffee
was richly aromatic, the way he liked it. He opened his eyes. There she was,
standing by his side, holding out a cup of coffee. She wasn’t smiling as he
might have expected. She looked thoughtful. She wore a blue-striped wrapper that
she hadn’t bothered to tie—thank God. The Merry Widow looked luscious the
morning after.
“Good morning. Thanks,” he said, sitting up to accept the
coffee. “This is a necessity.”
“What?” Merry
startled, as if she’d forgotten he was there.
“The butterfly
emerging from its cocoon—the way the sun’s rays shine through and bounce off
it. I almost expect the butterfly to fly away.”
“It is a lovely
piece. My daughter gave it to me when I moved into this room. It’s supposed to
symbolize my transformation, I guess.”
“What are you
transforming into?”
“I don’t know.”
BLURB
The millennium arrived with such promise—will it deliver for recently widowed Merry Delaney?
So much for all the anticipation about
the new millennium. Merry Delaney’s life is still in a rut and shows no signs
of changing. Sex? A fading memory, gone long before her husband actually died. Excitement?
Hardly the hallmark of an accountant’s life. At forty-two, what can she look
forward to?
Until her best friend takes Merry’s
predicament into her practiced hands. One passionate kiss unleashes
possibilities Merry never dreamed of—and she wants to sample them all. Men?
Women? Young? Old? Ménage? Toys? Yes, to all, to pleasure, to making up for
lost time.
Enter Chicago Detective Jim Barnes, who solicits Merry’s help with a mob funds-skimming case. Can the scorching passion that soon smolders between Merry and Jim survive the escalating mob threats of exposure? Having discovered a zest for sex, will Merry ever again be satisfied with one man?
Welcome to Saturday Spankings, where we get to share a little naughtiness from The Reunion, always free to read at Kindle Unlimited.
Be sure to travel to the other spankers for your dose of Saturday hotness – the list is at the end of this post.
It’s her 20th high school reunion — or rather, the morning after, and Sarah has just awakened to find bad boy Adam Granger in her bed. She’s still remembering their sizzling night together…
EXCERPT
How long had it been since she’d come? It didn’t matter. She was on the verge, and she wouldn’t be denied this time—Adam Granger had seen to that. “Harder,” she’d screamed. “I’m coming. Don’t stop.”
The
orgasm crashed against her inner walls. She’d wanted to lie back and savor it.
Adam didn’t allow that.
Instead,
he easily flipped her so she was on her hands and knees. He rammed into her
from behind as if his momentary withdrawal had taken a lifetime.
That
time she was determined not to come alone. It was a battle of wills. She chewed
on her lower lip, receiving his blows, pacing her next orgasm. When it neared,
she reached beneath them and fondled his balls.
“Jesus,”
he yelped.
Gotcha.
A dark and brooding bad boy, his petite Latina lover, and his unattainable former highschool crush ~ a sizzling, combustible threesome.
BLURB
Dark and brooding, Adam Granger was always the bad boy out of reach—but
now he’s in Sarah Atkinson’s bed, the morning after their twentieth high school
reunion. When Adam beats a retreat to his Pacific Palisades estate, former good
girl Sarah throws caution to the wind and pursues him.
Petite copper-skinned Maria Ramirez greets Sarah at Adam’s front door.
The former exotic dancer doesn’t challenge Sarah’s assumption she’s the
maid—how long will it take the dark-haired beauty to figure out Maria is Adam’s
live-in lover? Better yet, how long before Maria can entice her into their bed?
Determined not to rock his hard-won lifestyle, Adam resolves to push
Sarah past her sexual limits so she’ll leave. When she stays, he watches
helplessly as the two women fall in love with each other. Will they shut him
out? And, if they let him in, what must he sacrifice?
“Can
you believe it, Lily?” a woman says to me. “It looks like Bosworth is going to
win! When people ask you who the president is, you’re going to have to remember
the new one. President Harwell Bosworth. Of course, we won’t know for sure
until late tonight, but I’ll keep you posted. I’ll keep you posted, sweetie,”
she says as she adjusts the IV in my right arm, the one that burns whenever they
start a new bag of medicine.
“When
the doctor asks you who the president is, you’ll have the right answer. I know you
will. I don’t care how long you’ve been like this. The doctors are wrong.
Plenty of people have come out of this after more than a year. I know you’re
going to be one of them. My Lily is a fighter.”
She
squeezes my hand.
I
almost squeeze back. Almost. So close.
I look
to the left. A dark man. No–dark clothes. Dark hair. Pale skin peeking out
under it all. Someone has something on my head and tape pulls at the corner of
my eye. Blinking is harder. It hurts, like someone weakened the tender skin
under my eyes. I close my eyes.
Open
them.
“Hey
there, Lily,” a nurse says. I try to look over at her but can’t. Eyes hurt.
Close
eyes.
Open
them.
The
man.
Oh,
God, I know that man.
Author Bio:
Meli Raine writes romantic suspense with hot bikers, intense
undercover DEA agents, bad boys turned good, and Special Ops heroes — and the
women who love them. Meli rode her first motorcycle when she was five years
old, but she played in the ocean long before that. She lives in New England
with her family.
“The first book in the False trilogy is a psychological
thriller worthy of Hitchcock, keeping you guessing until the very end.” — Apple
Books Editors
“…intrigue and dark humor on display in this thriller…”
While the immediate—and more compelling—tension in Raine’s (A Shameless Little Bet, 2018, etc.)
heart-pumping series opener comes from Lily’s constant proximity to her
would-be killer, the action takes place against a backdrop of secret government
scandals. The “screwed-up D.C.-insider scandal,” as it is clumsily summarized
early on, is pleasingly twisty…
Fortunately, Lily’s voice is captivating, wry, and tough
enough to sell this thriller. The novel ends with a cliffhanger that startles,
if only because readers will have become so attached to Lily.
— Kirkus Reviews
“Fresh, riveting, and thrumming with emotion and romantic
suspense, False Memory is absolutely unputdownable. You need this book!” – New York Times bestselling author Meghan
March
Jesse’s a self-made
billionaire who yearns to get away from his empty life and the money-hungry
parasites who inhabit it. The plan? Go to Australia, tell no one about his
money and find himself. Instead of finding just himself, he finds Evie, who is
everything anyone should aspire to be. Now, what he aspires to be, is hers. But
to be hers, he needs to tell her everything.
Evie has left her past
behind. She has rebuilt herself, and her life, into one of happiness. After she
meets Jesse, while volunteering at a cat shelter, memories of her past filter
back in. She is stronger now and wants to trust him. But after all she has been
through, is trust even possible?
The quest to find a cat a forever home leads them to travel across the country together. Can the close quarters drive them to open up to each other? Or will it drive them apart?
If I moved backwards ever so slightly, I would be able to feel his body heat. I wanted to. I didn’t.
Excerpt
Jesse
The wave petered out, and I paddled
back to the line-up. Sitting, watching, waiting. The constant breeze in my ears
and the sound of waves breaking relaxed me. Lulled by the gentle rise and fall
of the swells, I thought about Evie.
She was one of the most complicated
people I’d ever met. Whatever she had been through had made her strong and
independent. But underneath, she was all doubt. I could see her trying to be
brave, but that could change in an instant as her insecurities took over. I
felt like it was a fight between Nick and me, and I didn’t even know the guy. I
didn’t know how to beat a ghost. But I would. I would figure it out, and I
would gain Evie’s trust, bit by bit.
Cynthia Terelst is a project officer by day and a writer by night. She is a contemporary romance writer who likes to share a little bit of history, some Australian scenery and a whole lotta love. Cynthia does not shy away from difficult topics, as she feels that they should not be ignored. She lives in Queensland, Australia, where the sun shines at least 283 days a year.
This month we’re giving away one autographed print copy of Detour Ahead. The giveaway lasts all month – of course, you can always read it free at Kindle Unlimited! Contest details after our Sunday Snippet.
Book Four in our Riders Up series is the story of Cassie’s best friend, Tracy Steele. Mourning the recent death of her father and unable to concentrate in her job as a top county prosecutor in Chicago, Tracy gives in to Cassie’s pressure to take a break—for two months, in a time share north of San Diego.
Today’s except follows last week’s, in the resort barns…
EXCERPT
Becoming slightly
steadier on her feet, Traci
continued her search for McCord. She heard
a male voice and slowed her
approach. The voice was coming
from the end stall.
“You’re gonna
be okay,
girl.”
Traci warmed
at the man’s soothing
tone.
“You just took a bad step, that’s all. Don’t know
who was more startled, you or the bobcat. This
wrap will help keep the
swelling down. I’ll check on
you later.”
Traci knew
immediately when Scott McCord saw
her standing there staring wide-eyed
like some kid on her
first visit to a zoo. His
eyes narrowed and then grew cold.
Hot-shot Chicago prosecuting attorney Traci Steele works tirelessly
keeping rapists off the street to prevent other women from suffering the hell
she’s endured, so she resists her friends’ insistence that she take a two month
R&R in their California Live Oak condo—until they persuade her to help
their rancher friend as a private investigator.
Though he runs the stables at Live Oak, well-muscled mustached wrangler Scott McCord much prefers working with the racehorses he trains at his ranch, and he can’t believe his old friends have sent a greenhorn female to help him with horse troubles.
The improbable dance between this mismatched pair barely fits in around
the escalating suspense of whoever’s after Scott’s horses. Traci is as
tenacious in her sleuthing as she is terrified about her inability to ever love
a man. Can Scott succeed in gentling her – like he does his horses – before she
flees in panic?
Night Owl Reviews Top PickThis is a story about letting go of
your past so you can move on to your future…Add into this touching story of
recovery a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end, and you’ve got
a story you won’t be able to put down. Angi
Welcome to Saturday Spankings, where we get to share a little naughtiness from The Reunion, always free to read at Kindle Unlimited.
Be sure to travel to the other spankers for your dose of Saturday hotness – the list is at the end of this post.
It’s her 20th high school reunion — or rather, the morning after, and Sarah has just awakened to find bad boy Adam Granger in her bed. She’s remembering the night before…
EXCERPT
“Take
me now. Why wait any longer?”
Had
her provocations unleashed the beast within him? He’d actually growled. He
deliberately reached for her panties and ripped them apart while gauging her
reaction. She never flinched. He’d driven a finger into her cleft as she stood
there trying not to beg. She was so wet and ready he could’ve done most
anything to her.
Impaled on his finger, she’d struggled for breath and focus. She was stark naked and he was still dressed. Turn about had to be fair play. She didn’t even try to unbutton his shirt. She grabbed it with both hands and jerked.
His buttons joined hers on the floor.
“You like it rough, do you?”
A dark and brooding bad boy, his petite Latina lover, and his unattainable former highschool crush ~ a sizzling, combustible threesome.
BLURB
Dark and brooding, Adam Granger was always the bad boy out of reach—but
now he’s in Sarah Atkinson’s bed, the morning after their twentieth high school
reunion. When Adam beats a retreat to his Pacific Palisades estate, former good
girl Sarah throws caution to the wind and pursues him.
Petite copper-skinned Maria Ramirez greets Sarah at Adam’s front door.
The former exotic dancer doesn’t challenge Sarah’s assumption she’s the
maid—how long will it take the dark-haired beauty to figure out Maria is Adam’s
live-in lover? Better yet, how long before Maria can entice her into their bed?
Determined not to rock his hard-won lifestyle, Adam resolves to push
Sarah past her sexual limits so she’ll leave. When she stays, he watches
helplessly as the two women fall in love with each other. Will they shut him
out? And, if they let him in, what must he sacrifice?
Welcome to Book Hooks, a Wednesday offering by members of Marketing For Romance Writers to share a little taste of our work and entice you into wanting more! Click on the links at the end to travel to other Book Hook posts, and enjoy!
We’re
thrilled to announce Extasy Books has re-released our erotic romantic suspense, The Merry Widow. Thoroughly revised and edited, this is the steamy story
of a mid-life widow’s sexual awakening. Following a prologue to set the stage,
it opens with an erotic scene between two women – the first ever in our
heroine’s life. If this isn’t your cup of tea, no problem – you might prefer
our Romantic
Suspense books, all of which deliver one man, one woman, hot sex, and
perilous danger.
But if
this appeals to you – hang on for the ride! Recently widowed and in her early
forties, Merry Delany is about to plunge into a self-discovery journey that
takes her places she’s never imagined, much less hoped for. Once passion is
unleashed, can it be stopped?
EXCERPT
“So
why did you spy on me and my friends after that?”
Jim
sipped his wine and never batted an eye. “I had to know what the mob might use
against you as possible blackmail.”
“Oh.”
Merry pursed her lips. “I suppose that’s plausible. That couldn’t have taken
more than two or three weeks. You know, to discover the other women and the
guys visiting my house. And you were clear this wasn’t a drug house.”
“You’re
right, of course. If you really want to know, Widow Delaney, I became obsessed
with you. With your body. With your wild escapades. At first, I couldn’t figure
you out. And then I had to have you. You were wasting yourself on all those
young Turks. And I was in the wings more than willing to serve you.”
“And
more than able, I will add on your behalf. But you do have an ego, Detective
Barnes. Why did you wait a week and a half to come back to me?”
“Why
didn’t you call?”
“I
asked you first.”
“It
was stupid to wait. I didn’t want to appear as if I needed you. I wanted you to
come to me.”
“You
thought since I’d experienced your world-renowned cock, no other would
suffice.”
“Something
like that.”
“Do
men often think with their cocks? Ignore that question. It was rhetorical and
inflammatory.”
“Well, you don’t want to be inflammatory, now do you?”
She managed a smile around a piece of cheese. “Not yet,” she said with her mouth full. She sipped more wine and swallowed.
BLURB
The millennium arrived with such promise—will it deliver for recently widowed Merry Delaney?
So much for all the anticipation about
the new millennium. Merry Delaney’s life is still in a rut and shows no signs
of changing. Sex? A fading memory, gone long before her husband actually died. Excitement?
Hardly the hallmark of an accountant’s life. At forty-two, what can she look
forward to?
Until her best friend takes Merry’s
predicament into her practiced hands. One passionate kiss unleashes
possibilities Merry never dreamed of—and she wants to sample them all. Men?
Women? Young? Old? Ménage? Toys? Yes, to all, to pleasure, to making up for
lost time.
Enter Chicago Detective Jim Barnes, who solicits Merry’s help with a mob funds-skimming case. Can the scorching passion that soon smolders between Merry and Jim survive the escalating mob threats of exposure? Having discovered a zest for sex, will Merry ever again be satisfied with one man?
This month we’re giving away one autographed print copy of Detour Ahead. The giveaway lasts all month – of course, you can always read it free at Kindle Unlimited! Contest details after our Sunday Snippet.
Book Four in our Riders Up series is the story of Cassie’s best friend, Tracy Steele. Mourning the recent death of her father and unable to concentrate in her job as a top county prosecutor in Chicago, Tracy gives in to Cassie’s pressure to take a break—for two months, in a time share north of San Diego.
Having decided she’s put off long enough meeting the man Cassie wants her to help, Traci heads for the resort horse barns…
EXCERPT
Carefully placing
one foot directly in front
of the
other like a fox, Traci entered
the
stable.
The pungent
odors of horse manure and
leather greeting her weren’t totally unpleasant, but she preferred those of the Arboretum,
or Lake
Michigan. Traci stepped down
the middle of the stable
avoiding the outstretched heads of
horses seeking attention and treats.
How could
she appear casual when every
animal in here wanted a piece
of her? Where
the hell was McCord? He
popped up when she didn’t
want to see him and vanished
when she did.
Traci glanced
down at her white tennis
shoes. They were the best
she could do; she
didn’t own a pair of boots,
and tennis shoes had to
be better
than sandals or heels.
She frowned—her shoes were
not going to come out
of this
adventure untarnished. At least
she’d had sense enough to
put on a pair of jeans,
and the light sweater
helped with the chill.
Coming to
the end of one barn,
Traci saw an imposing sign
at the
entrance to another declaring
that resort guests were not
allowed beyond that point. She paused
and lifted her chin. Although
she was a resort guest, she
was here on business—and
she might be a city girl,
but she knew better than
to shout
in front
of
a barn full of
horses to get McCord’s attention.
Hot-shot Chicago prosecuting attorney Traci Steele works tirelessly
keeping rapists off the street to prevent other women from suffering the hell
she’s endured, so she resists her friends’ insistence that she take a two month
R&R in their California Live Oak condo—until they persuade her to help
their rancher friend as a private investigator.
Though he runs the stables at Live Oak, well-muscled mustached wrangler Scott McCord much prefers working with the racehorses he trains at his ranch, and he can’t believe his old friends have sent a greenhorn female to help him with horse troubles.
The improbable dance between this mismatched pair barely fits in around
the escalating suspense of whoever’s after Scott’s horses. Traci is as
tenacious in her sleuthing as she is terrified about her inability to ever love
a man. Can Scott succeed in gentling her – like he does his horses – before she
flees in panic?
Night Owl Reviews Top PickThis is a story about letting go of
your past so you can move on to your future…Add into this touching story of
recovery a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end, and you’ve got
a story you won’t be able to put down. Angi
