Feel Tempted by a Kiss on #Thursday13 by #MFRWAuthor Anna Durand

#MFRWauthor Anna Durand Tempted by a Kiss

Anna Durand is an award-winning writer, a freelance librarian, and an audiobook addict. She specializes in steamy romances--paranormal, contemporary, and historical--featuring spunky heroines and hunky heroes. As a member of Romance Writers of America, she volunteers for its chapters to give back to the romance community. In her previous life as a librarian, she haunted the stacks of public libraries but never met any hot vampires hunting for magical books.

                Tempted by a Kiss
Genre contemporary, erotic
Publisher The Wild Rose Press 
Blurb

 Mel Thompson just dumped her cheating ex after two years together. Now she's determined to understand the allure of casual sex by having a steamy fling of her own at a notoriously raunchy underground club. When her best friend, Adam Caras, catches on to her plan, he makes a surprising offer to derail her. If she wants a hot fling, he'll give it to her.

Who better than Adam, renowned lady-killer, to demonstrate the erotic pleasures of a one night stand? Sex could ruin their friendship, but after a soul-searing kiss, Mel fears one night may never be enough.


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13 Fantastic Songs that Inspire My Writing

I love music, always have. Back in college, I earned two degrees in music (before I got a master's in library science) and I still love to sing and, of course, crank up the music while I'm writing. When I'm gearing up to write, you may find me dancing in my chair and singing along with my favorite songs. Some of them get me energized, some get me in the right mood for a particular scene, but all of them play a vital role in fueling my writing engine.

Even if I stopped writing (yeah right, that's gonna happen!), I'd still listen to these songs over and over, never tiring of them. I'll admit that, on occasion, I even put a song on repeat to hear it three or four times in a row. Here's my list of my 13 favorite songs, that also happen to inspire my writing.

    "Love Runs Out" by OneRepublic. The energy and driving beat of this song can get my brain in gear faster than just about any other song.

    "Sweeter" by Gavin DeGraw. Ditto for this one. More energy with a driving beat, plus fun lyrics that get me singing along every single time.

    "No More Rain" by Kylie Minogue. This song is a bit mellower, but still energizing. I feel good every time I listen to this one!

   "Turntable" by Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. This sexy song has clever lyrics I love, plus it's a great tune to listen to while writing a hot-and-heavy love scene.

    "Underestimated" by Jennifer Paige. The ultimate break-up song from a woman who's not taking any guff. Plus, its energy and infectious chorus wake me up whenever I'm suffering from the just-woke-up blues.

     "Only One" by Katharine McPhee. I loved this song the first time I heard it and find myself listening to it just about every day. The song reminds me of my heroine Mel, from Tempted by a Kiss, who might've posed the same challenge to her cheating ex.

     "Like Sugar" by Matchbox Twenty. I love Rob Thomas's music, whether he's flying solo or with the band. I often turn this song up while writing a first kiss scene.

  "State of Grace" by Taylor Swift. A sweet, romantic song about finding real love and how it's never easy.

   "Mr. Mysterious" by Vanessa Amorosi. Most Americans have likely never heard of Vanessa Amorosi, but I love her music. Hazardous is her best album ever and this song from it provided a spark of inspiration for my story Tempted by a Kiss.

   "Everything" by Lifehouse. I've adored this song since I first heard it on the TV series Smallville. This may be the most romantic song ever; definitely in the top 10!

   "Walking on Mars" by Kelly Sweet. Her second album is even better than her first, and I wish it had gotten released in this country. This song epitomizes the concept of being yourself no matter what other people think. Like most of my fictional heroines, I'm a bit strange, so I can relate.

  "You Set Fire to My Life" by Tina Arena. Another singer most Americans haven't heard of, this Australian artist continues to produce terrific albums. This song, from her latest album Reset, works great as inspiration for those final scenes where hero and heroine come back together, forever this time.

  "Rumour Has It" by Adele. Not only is this song written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, but it's sung by the incomparable Adele. 'Nuff said.

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Some Quick & Quirky Questions for #MFRWauthor Kimberly Dean @KDean_writer

Meet MFRW Author Kimberly Dean
When taking the Myers-Briggs personality test in high school, Kimberly was rated as an INFJ (Introverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Judging). This result sent her into a panic, because there were no career paths recommended for the type. Fortunately, it turned out to be well-suited to a writing career. Since then, Kimberly has become an award-winning author of romance and erotica.  She has written for seven publishing houses and has recently focused her efforts on self-publishing. When not writing, she enjoys movies, sports, traveling, music, and sunshine. In her mind, a beach, some rock ‘n’ roll, and a good book make for a perfect day.

Day or night?  Day - but not morning.  I'm a solid, mid-day person.
Pen and paper or Computer?  Computer
Fruit or Chocolate?  Chocolate. When diets say to just eat fruit when you get a sugar craving, I realize the nutritionist has never eaten chocolate before.
Coffee or Tea?  Neither.  Hot chocolate, please. (Do you see a theme?)
Roller Coasters or Merry-Go-Rounds?  Roller coasters
Bath or shower?  Shower
City life or Country life?  City
Soft or Hard?  Now that's a dangerous question to ask an erotica author.  I'll assume you're asking about candy.  Soft.
Ebook or paperback?  Both, but I still prefer paperback
Cats or Dogs?  I own neither, but I like both.
Fast or Slow?  Again... dangerous!  Then again, the name of my book is Courting Danger.  I'll go with fast.
Secret Guilty Pleasure?  DQ blizzards with chocolate ice cream, peanut butter, and Reese’s peanut butter cups

Courting Danger
Erotic Contemporary Romantic Suspense
HarperCollins UK

Rielle Sands ventured too close to the fire once and got burned. Now when it comes to men, she’s vowed to play it safe. But then a dashing, mysterious man shows up after hours at Luxxor Limited, the agency she manages, needing an escort.

Darien Scott isn’t what he appears to be. Beneath the sexy smile and wicked charm, he’s hiding secrets. Yet the sizzling chemistry between him and Rielle is real. He tries to stay away, but his attraction to her keeps pulling him back. When he discovers that he’s not the only one haunted by danger, he changes tactics. To protect Rielle, he may need to stay close. Super close. Exclusive Luxxor contract close.

The reward is more than worth the risk.

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EXCERPTShe returned to the lobby and scanned the area. Her gaze came to a screeching halt when it landed on the man who was already looking in her direction.
Oh. Wow.
Her wariness didn’t decrease, but a different kind of awareness flooded her. ‘Hello?’ she said huskily.
Somehow he’d known she was there, yet he seemed taken aback. His weight slowly rocked back from the balls of his feet, and his eyes narrowed. They were blue eyes. Startling blue. ‘Good evening.’
She wasn’t overreacting. The guy had danger written all over him, in that good-girls-beware sort of way. Tall and strapping, he had closely cropped dark hair and a rough-and-tumble aura that didn’t go with the tuxedo he was wearing. That wasn’t to say he didn’t look good. He looked damn good. The combination was powerful, and it hit her first in her belly and next in her knees.
Sex appeal oozed from him.
Which, of course, meant he was here for an escort.
His gaze was running over her just as alertly as she’d evaluated him, so Rielle quickly put herself behind her desk. She tucked her barrette behind her phone and fought the urge to run her fingers through her hair. ‘I’m sorry, but we’re closed.’
He cocked his head. ‘The door was open.’
And that had been a mistake.
‘Did you have an appointment?’ She knew very well he didn’t.
‘No.’ Her question had been sharp, but his blue gaze didn’t flinch. Instead, the lines of his face softened, and she had to lock her knees to keep them from melting. ‘But I’m in a bind. I was hoping you could help me out.’
She lifted an eyebrow. The man might be putting out pheromones by the bucketful, but her brain was still functioning – admittedly better on some levels than others – and she’d begun to sense danger of another sort. The entrapment sort. Luxxor was not a company that took walk-ins. ‘For whom are you looking?’
He walked closer to the desk, and she instinctively gripped its edge. The way he moved, all silent and stealthy. The expensive carpeting absorbed the noise most people made, but the air didn’t even stir at his approach. Her fingers edged closer to the silent alarm, but she didn’t push it.
Not yet.
‘I’m looking for Luxxor Limited. I know I’m late, but I need an escort for the evening.’

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What the Marquess Sees on #Thursday13 with @Amy Quinton

#MFRW Author Amy Quinton reveals us

       What the Marquess Sees, Agents of Change,Book 2 
                                                     Publisher Liquid Silver Books 
                                                     Genre Erotic Historical 

Blurb
 1814: He is a marquess with a woman to protect and an assassin to thwart. She is…not nice.

The Marquess of Dansbury is a charismatic man and an agent for the crown. His past isn’t without tragedy, but he is too amiable to allow misfortune to mar his outlook on life. Until now…when he finds himself tasked with protecting the one woman in the world he actively disdains, Lady Beatryce Beckett.

Lady Beatryce Beckett is mean. She ruins other women on purpose. She lies, cheats…even steals. And she takes particular pleasure in provoking a certain marquess. In short, she’ll do anything to get what she wants: freedom from her abusive father.

It will take a special man to see the true woman beneath the surface…and a strong woman to allow him that glimpse. Is the Marquess of Dansbury up to the task? 

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Amy Quinton is an author and full time mom living in Summerville, SC. She enjoys writing (and reading!) sexy, historical romances. She lives with her husband, two boys, and one cat. In her spare time, she likes to go camping, hiking, and canoeing/kayaking… And did she mention reading? When she’s not reading, cleaning, or traveling, she likes to make jewelry, sew, knit, and crochet (Yay for Ravelry!).


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Thirteen Quotes I Like:
1.“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.” ― Walt Whitman
2. “…I can resist everything but temptation.” ― Oscar Wilde
3. “The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” ― St. Jerome
4. “The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.” ― Marianne Moore
5. “Three things cannot long stay hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.” ―Buddha
6. “The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. Curiosity is the lust of the mind.” ― Thomas Hobbes
8. “If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.” ― Robert Frost
9. "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." ― Oscar Wilde
10. “My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
11. “A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” ― Stendhal
12. “All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.” ―Aristotle
13. “Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.” ―Marcus Tullius Cicero





 

Angels Of The Fallen Book Of Samyaza invade #Thursday13 #MFRWauthor @PTMacias

#MFRW author P.T. Macias (Patricia), resides in Sacramento, California with her loving husband, children, and family. She adores her four beautiful grandchildren. She was born and raised in San Jose, California.

Patricia loves going on cruises, concerts, white peaches, pistachio ice cream, and margaritas. She’s an avid reader and enjoys reading romance paranormal intrigue suspense thrillers.

Patricia loves the paranormal genre. She finds this genre an exciting challenge and enjoys writing about the sexy vhampiers, werewolves, dragons, and other entities. Her greatest thrill in writing the paranormal genre is the limitless range of characteristics, powers, and weaknesses available to develop the characters' and entities' realms. 

Genre  paranormal romance suspense,erotic
Publisher  Legacy Romance Press
Blurb

The pure exhaustion of eternal punishment as a fallen has left our sexy but naughty angel, Samyaza, desperate for companionship…desperate to be set free and only you hold the key.
What would you give for one night of unbridled passion? Samyaza gave his life, his freedom…everything. After thousands of years of pain and punishment the fallen one thought he’d seen it all...not even close.
Now evil threatens the world and the Watchers are our only hope. Falling from grace was easy, eternal suffering has become common place, wishing for death an everyday occurrence but when faced with a chance for redemption Samyaza fears he could fail.
His test for heavenly grace comes in the form of a beautiful, confident, modern woman who captures the fallen one heart and soul.
Strength he has. Faith in the God that sentenced him to a life in chains he holds close but all may be lost with just one look from this very special woman.
With his life, his soul and his heart on the line, can Samayza save the world or destroy it?
The Watchers are waiting, wanting…needing you. It’s time to live life on the dark side.
Time is running out. Evil forces threaten the very survival of the human race. Our only hope…The Watchers.
The fate of humanity lies in the hands of these twelve stunningly sexy, sinful fallen angels.
Only destiny knows if they will save us or doom to hell.

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Thirteen sentences from the novel:
“My sweet Crystal, please don’t shed your tears for me."
"I don’t deserve your tears."
"Yes, she’s mine and I’m hers. Our heart and souls are one."
"I feel her desire but I want to have her love."
"I love how he makes me feel so beautiful and sexy."
"You will live and you will love again."
“Sweetness, you’re pure heaven.”
“No, the Watchers don’t have wings but the other ranking angels do.”
“Master, you need not worry. I can take care of Shasi.”
“Master, this thing roars!”
“Oh, but you don’t have wings or do you?”
“I can’t. I don’t babysit.”
"Don’t antagonize her because I’m not responsible for her actions.”

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#Thursday13 with #MFRWAuthor @AylaRuse and her Malathix Soul

MFRW author Ayla Ruse reveals all about Malathix Soul on Thursday13
Handed a historical romance at young age, Ayla Ruse fell in love with love and with happy endings. Having grown up living life tasting a little of this and a little of that has not changed this attitude, but it’s expanded her views. Love isn’t always happy and it isn’t always the way a person “thinks it should be.” Sometimes it’s outside the box, and it’s always a challenge.

Ayla is a stay-at-home mother who also home schools three rambunctious children. In her (cough) free time, she loves the outdoors, reading, and exploring. 
                   Malathix Soul (Box Set)

Imagine Earth has established interactions with alien life. 

There is, of course, protocol to follow. A merchant planet, Malathix, wants to open relations with Earth and sends a ship to make this happen. When the ship enters our atmosphere, however, something goes awry, and the result is that the ship is destroyed and the Malathix are stranded. 

This is only a minor issue, though. The bigger problem is that their souls are stripped during the descent resulting in their inner defense mechanisms--literal metal and scary sharp-everything beasts--being left unchecked. The only way to find balance is to locate the women to whom their souls became attached, and to convince each one that they are destined to be mates.


In no particular order, here are  
13 of my favorite books. 
Of course, I love just about everything I read from the following authors, but these particular stories stay close to my heart.
 
Cherise Sinclair: Club Shadowlands
James Rollins: Sandstorm
Mary Balogh: Slightly Dangerous
Julia Quinn: When He was Wicked
Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Ubervilles
J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter
Selena Kitt: Temptation
Sarah MacLean: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished
Eloisa James: The Taming of the Duke
James Clemens: Shadowfall
Lori Foster: No Limits
Shayla Black: Wicked Ties
Stephen King: The Stand

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Dream Walker on #Thursday13 with #MFRWauthor Kimberly Dean @KDean_writer

 #MFRWauthor Kimberly Dean brings her Dream Walker to #Thursday 13

 When taking the Myers-Briggs personality test in high school, Kimberly was rated as an INFJ (Introverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Judging). This result sent her into a panic, because there were no career paths recommended for the type. Fortunately, it turned out to be well-suited to a writing career. Since then, Kimberly has become an award-winning author of romance and erotica.  She has written for seven publishing houses and has recently focused her efforts on self-publishing. When not writing, she enjoys movies, sports, traveling, music, and sunshine. In her mind, a beach, some rock ‘n’ roll, and a good book make for a perfect day.
                                                         

                                  

                                       Dream Walker     

                                                        Genre Paranormal Erotic

                                                       Tiger Eye Productions, LLC

Blurb

Sleep has never come easily for Shea Caldwell.  As a child she’d suffered greatly from sleepwalking, and now she’s having erotic dreams about Derek Oneiros, her company’s security consultant. She’s tempted to act upon the hot fantasies until one morning when she wakes up not in her bed. She’s doing dangerous things in her sleep again, and she won’t put anyone at that kind of risk.

Yet Derek may be the only one who can help her. By night he’s a Dream Weaver.  It’s his job to protect sleepers while they’re most vulnerable. With Shea threatened, he makes things personal, and their nights together turn steamy and intimate.  He’s ready to battle against the Somnambulist that’s been controlling his lover in her sleep, yet is the night demon really causing all the harm? When Shea’s groundbreaking research notes are stolen, it’s clear that other evil forces may be at work.

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13 Common Dream Themes & Their Meaning

            Falling - Red flag for major problems at work or relationships

            Showing up to school/work naked - Vulnerability, anxiety, fear of being exposed

            Death - A wish to terminate a job or a relationship, a wish to start something new

            Cheating - Lack of trust in romantic relationship, compromised beliefs or integrity

            Test-taking - Work stress, being scrutinized, anxiety

            Being chased - Avoidance, need to face a problem, drive or ambition (for chaser)

            Showing up late - Being overwhelmed, doing too much

            Flying - Out of control situation, sign to let go, new perspective, freedom

            Snakes - Fear of the unknown, hidden threats, sexual temptation, transformation

            Teeth - Vanity, powerlessness, deception

            Being lost or trapped – Uncertainty over a waking life situation

            Natural disasters - Overwhelmed by something that seems chaotic

            Discovering new rooms/spaces in buildings - things are opening up, you feel free

I'm running a poll on my website to determine what dreams my readers have the most often.  Drop by http://kimberlydean.com to learn the results!

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