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Fresh Pick | THE BLONDE SAMURAI by Jina Bacarr
Fresh Pick / February 19, 2010

February 2010On Sale: February 1, 2010Featuring: Katie O’Roarke; Shintaro352 pages ISBN: 0373605404EAN: 9780373605408Trade Size$13.95 Romance Historical, Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com The Blonde Samuraiby Jina Bacarr Spring 1873: I arrived in Japan a virgin bride, heartsick and anxious beyond measure. Yet I embraced this perplexing world with my soul laid bare after uncovering an erotic, intoxicating power I hardly knew that I, Katie O’Roarke, possessed. Japan was a world away from my tedious Western existence, a welcome distraction from my recent marriage to a cold and cruel husband. But when James attacked me in a drunken rage, I could tolerate it no longer…. I had no choice but to escape into the surrounding hills. I awoke in the arms of Akira, a young Samurai, and it was he who took me to Shintaro, the head of the powerful Samurai clan. At first distrustful, Shintaro came to me every day for a fortnight until my need for him made my heart race at the very sound of his feet upon the wooden floor. He taught me the way of the Samurai—loyalty, honor, self-respect—and the erotic possibilities of inner beauty unleashed. It is his touch that shatters my virginal reserve, evoking…

Vicki Lewis Thompson | The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Uncategorized / February 19, 2010

I’m absolutely thrilled to be here today! Picture me as a cocker spaniel dancing around in total excitement, tail wagging, ears flopping, big smile on my face.. But don’t picture me piddling on the floor, which sometimes happens with excited cocker spaniels. I was lucky to grow up with both dogs and cats, so if you’d asked me as a kid whether I was a dog person or a cat person, I would have said both. But now I’ve changed my mind. I still love the doggies, love their eternal optimism and undying affection and loyalty. But these days I’m drawn to cats. I heard someone describe them as living sculpture, and so they are. My all-black cat Eve seems to know exactly how to drape herself over the furniture or curl up on the bed so that she’s part of the décor. Eve’s her own person . . . um . . . her own cat. She greets me at the door when I come home . . . most of the time, if she’s not napping or otherwise engaged. She’ll sit in my lap if she feels like it, but sometimes she’d rather not. And that’s okay with…

Laura Bradford | When a Bludgeoning (or a strangling…or a poisoning…or a…) Just Won’t Do
Uncategorized / February 18, 2010

It started just like any other story I’ve ever written. I was in the car, driving my kids to school, when a ten-second newsbyte on the radio caught my attention. A decades-old letter was found behind a desk in a Pennsylvania post office–a letter that went undelivered for forty plus years. I imagine the radio guy said something else, that he filled in a few more facts…but if he did, I didn’t hear him. Because I was stuck on the letter… What if the letter had carried news of an inheritance or condolences over a lost family member? What if it had been a cry for help? Before we reached the school parking lot, I knew I had the makings of a new book. As a writer, you just know these things. Over the course of the next few months, the story percolated in my mind. What should the letter say? Who sent it? Who was the intended recipient? What happened as a result of it not arriving at its intended destination? I considered characters–good guys and bad guys. I considered potential motives. I even gave thought to murder weapons. But no matter how hard I thought about the letter…

Fresh Pick | GUILTY PLEASURE by Lora Leigh
Fresh Pick / February 18, 2010

Bound Hearts #11 January 2010On Sale: January 5, 2010Featuring: Kahlid Mustafa; Marty Mathews320 pages ISBN: 0312541864EAN: 9780312541866Trade Size$14.99 Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Guilty Pleasureby Lora Leigh The sizzling new erotic tale from New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh Marty Mathews had always known about the secret, forbidden pleasures that the women she had grown up with enjoyed. Women whose husbands or lovers were members of the exclusive “Club,” where they took a selected “third” into their beds. And there is one man — a dangerous, forbidden man — who is part of this world and who has haunted Marty’s dreams for years. But she had been the FBI agent assigned to shadow him, making him completely off limits. . . That is until Khalid is cleared and Marty is released from her assignment. Now, all bets are off. . . The beautiful, fierce Marty Mathews is the one woman Khalid hungers for like no other and is the one woman he dare not let himself have. His past dogs his every step and danger lurks around every corner. If he wants to keep her safe, he must stay away from her. But the power of their desire…

Fresh Takes from Teen Shelves: More Than Hearts and Flowers…
Fresh Takes from the Teen Shelves / February 17, 2010

As I write this, it is really cold outside. Perfect weather for some escapist fun. Let’s start with a little art heist adventure. In a teen book, you say? Considering that Ally Carter’s popular Gallagher Girls series concerns a girl’s boarding school that fronts for a spy training academy, I’d say she has a handle on escapist teen adventure. HEIST SOCIETY concerns 15 year old Kat, the daughter of master art thieves. She’d love to leave con-artist life for a normal one. But the larcenous world pulls her back in when a powerful mobster is robbed in a heist that could only have been pulled off by Kat’s dad. The only solution for saving her father? Track down the paintings and steal them back. She’s got two weeks, a teenage crew of co-conspirators, and just enough talent (she hopes) to pull of the biggest heist in her family’s history. Asked to compare this new book to her popular GG series, Carter says they’re both packed with “teenagers doing exciting, fast-paced, and probably dangerous things.” Where the GG books are set in a female dominated world, Kat has to deal with a lot of boys, which is something that the author…

Nikki Logan | The Nature Of Writing
Uncategorized / February 17, 2010

Thanks for having me over to FreshFiction, Faye. They don’t come much fresher than a debut author, I guess! My first book ‘Lights, Camera…Kiss theBoss‘ hit shelves in North America and UK last week and I’m still in that warm, happy-glow phase 🙂 I’ve already had a few reader queries about my ‘nature-based’ focus so I thought I’d chat a bit about that with you today. Working on the principle that you should write-what-you-know I decided to focus my love-stories in and around natural places or species that I’m familiar with. I work in a conservation organisation with people who crawl through rainforests tracking orangutans or who fit tiny little radio-transmitters to marsupials in the outback or rescue dangerous wild dogs in even more dangerous parts of Africa. I was hungry to make a contribution too, but that kind of super-human example has a way of making a girl feel a little inadequate! When I decided to start writing I knew it would be romance and I knew it would be around nature. I love love-stories and I love wildlife. And I looked around and found no-one was particularly specialising in nature-based romance. What better way to share my passion…

Fresh Pick | SEX DRIVE by Susan Lyons
Fresh Pick / February 17, 2010

Wild Ride to Love #1December 2009On Sale: December 1, 2009Featuring: Theresa Fallon; Damien Black320 pages ISBN: 0758238258EAN: 9780758238252Paperback$12.95 Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Sex Driveby Susan Lyons Over the limit… When Dr. Theresa Fallon meets a long, lean stranger in business class, she’s suddenly ready for anything. There’s something about Damien Black that makes her want to surrender immediately… Which is why she accepts Damien’s spontaneous offer of a sizzling getaway. All in the name of research, of course. And once the pretty professor slips between the sheets with this hard-bodied man of mystery, she discovers the meaning of the term erotic pleasure… This hot story has enough humor to make you laugh out loud and enough heat to set the pages on fire. Excerpt [Theresa and Damien, strangers, were seated side by side in business class. He’s been flirting and she’s found herself responding. Now dinner is over…] When the flight attendant had gone, Damien watched Theresa add milk to her coffee and stir. Her bare arm moved in circles, graceful and feminine. A smart, strong woman, yet vulnerable and wary. She must have had other lovers since her divorce, but her ex had done such a number…

DAKOTA CASSIDY | Living Accidenally Ever After
Uncategorized / February 16, 2010

Hey, all! Thanks so much to Fresh Fiction for inviting me to chat a bit about my series! My series, four books deep and going on five, is based on women who are accidentally bitten and or turned by a shapeshifter. Werewolves, vampires, demons, woo-hoo! It’s a real paranormal-palooza with yes, I admit, some pretty cagey humor in the mix. My most recent release, titled Accidentally Demonic, centers on Casey Schwartz-the sister of the heroine in my last book, and she’s in deep paranormal doo-doo. Once mild-mannered, quiet and rather easygoing, Casey’s now hot-tempered, cranky and well, “whispers” hormonal as a result of some demon blood accidentally spilled on her via a hunky vampire named Clayton Gunnersson one night in a bar. Casey’s world and job as a personal assistant to twins of the Paris Hilton variety is turned upside down when she lands in jail for threatening to sacrifice a police officer’s ahem, internal organs. And things only get worse from there, though Casey has help from her now paranormal sister and her sister’s two paranormal friends, Nina the vampire and Marty the werewolf. They get what she’s going through, they’ve been there-they know how to help. Unfortunately, they…

Fresh Pick | THE SATIN SASH by Red Garnier
Fresh Pick / February 16, 2010

December 2009On Sale: December 1, 2009Featuring: Antonia Kearny; Heath Solis; Grey Richards320 pages ISBN: 0451228030EAN: 9780451228031Trade Size$15.00 Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com The Satin Sashby Red Garnier Between three lovers, there are ties that bind. Business partners and best friends Grey Richards and Heath Solis are as different as night and day. Grey is calm, confident, and always in control. Heath is as passionate as his smoldering looks. No woman can resist them, and it’s always been easy to share. Until now… Grey is head over heels in love. He’ll do anything to see Antonia Kearny smile, to hear her breath catch, to make her scream his name. And when he realizes that Toni wants another man-and that it’s Heath- he’ll make the ultimate sacrifice… On a decadent weekend in Mexico, Toni will experience the hunger, the touch, the taste of two men. But will her desire bring them together, or tear them apart? Excerpt “Your woman wants me.” Grey Richards froze, then lowered the glass of wine and turned to look at the man facing him. Heath’s jet-black eyes gleamed with a disconcerting mix of devilment and concern. Grey glanced over the crowded room to where Toni stood,…

Spotlight on Dakota Cassidy
Uncategorized / February 15, 2010

Hey, all! Thanks so much to Fresh Fiction for inviting me to chat a bit about my series! My series, four books deep and going on five, is based on women who are accidentally bitten and or turned by a shapeshifter. Werewolves, vampires, demons, woo-hoo! It’s a real paranormal-palooza with yes, I admit, some pretty cagey humor in the mix. My most recent release, titled ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC, centers on Casey Schwartz—the sister of the heroine in my last book, and she’s in deep paranormal doo-doo. Once mild-mannered, quiet and rather easygoing, Casey’s now hot-tempered, cranky and well, *whispers* hormonal as a result of some demon blood accidentally spilled on her via a hunky vampire named Clayton Gunnersson one night in a bar. Casey’s world and job as a personal assistant to twins of the Paris Hilton variety is turned upside down when she lands in jail for threatening to sacrifice a police officer’s ahem, internal organs. And things only get worse from there, though Casey has help from her now paranormal sister and her sister’s two paranormal friends, Nina the vampire and Marty the werewolf. They get what she’s going through, they’ve been there—they know how to help. Unfortunately, they…