Coffee Time Romance reviewed Dara Edmondson’s Jilted and gave it 5 Coffee Cups!

Congratulations Dara and Aspen Mountain Press. 

This is an amazing story of love, life, losses, and gains that all of us face in our lives. Sometimes we do not make wise choices and have to live with the consequences. Jilted will touch every emotion you have. I found myself needing the tissues more than once. This is a poignant story of two women, each strong in her own way, but vulnerable at the same time. Rich secondary characters round out this story beautifully. This is wonderful story from Ms.Edmondson.

JILTED Review at Coffee Time Romance

Check out the review of Scarred by JM Snyder over at Romance Junkies.

JM is one of the hardest working romance writers around. Writing, promoting, evangelizing the ManLove genre, JM is a role model for the romance writer who wants to build themselves a lasting career.

JM is self-published and has books published at Aspen Mountain Press. Be sure to check them out.

Here’s that review:

Daelyn is the only protector his sister has. In a futuristic time, the world in which Daelyn lives is controlled by regulators who patrol the streets with a heavy hand. Oftentimes, they are sadistic, hateful men who make everyone they come in contact with bow down to their wishes. One such regulator, McBane, has made Daelyn his own personal property and Daelyn has the scars, both physical and emotional, to prove it. When a new group of regulators enters his diner, Dae foresees additional cruelty just waiting around the corner. Only, that doesn’t happen. Coby, the leader of this band of regulators, doesn’t have the look of brutality; he has the look of forever.

Daelyn’s world and existence almost broke my heart. Knowing nothing but cruelty since the death of his father, Dae was so afraid to reach for what Coby offered. Like Dae, though I resigned myself to believing that Coby had to possess some of the same malicious qualities of the other regulators, I still hoped he would be different and would somehow treasure the resilient man that was Daelyn. I was not disappointed. Coby’s patience, kindness, and protection towards Dae was just enlighteningly beautiful.

SCARRED is a homoerotic love story, and while I adore reading this genre, some may not. I can honestly say, however, that the love between Coby and Daelyn is poignant and steamy, yet almost surprisingly innocent. It was a joy to watch Daelyn flourish under Coby’s unexpected care. I happily recommend this story to those who enjoy homoerotic love.  J. M. Snyder has a new fan!

Lizzie T Leaf has released another hot romance novel from Aspen Mountain Press. Night Nurse has been released in the Plain Brown Wrapper series; short, hot stories just right for a cold winter’s night.

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Here’s a snip of the excerpt of Night Nurse (click the link above to read more):

Liza stood in the shadow of a doorway and watched the nurses’ station.  She wasn’t familiar with this wing of the hospital and didn’t want anyone asking questions about what she was doing here.  It was none of their business that she’d come to visit a special patient.

When she heard the ever so rich Mr. John Evans was admitted for observation, she decided to make his hospital stay a memorable one.  The night shift served her purposes perfectly.  For once, Tucker’s absence benefited her as she wouldn’t have to explain getting home so late.

Good.  The night nurse updating computer input from the charts left the desk to answer a patient call button.  Hope it’s not Mr. Evans.

Here’s the blurb:

For Rose Light the simple act of placing a flower upon her mother’s grave will lead to a most fortuitous event. Life looks dismal and Rose has no prospects, not until she meets John Bennett.

When they met, she chastised him, was down right rude. So why has he tracked her down to the poverty-stricken area of Cheapside ? Why does this man think he has found just the right woman and believes all she needs is the right stimulation to make her bloom?

Take one wicked stepmother and two older, conniving sisters, and you may think you’ve heard this tale before. You haven’t — not this way. Let Rose Light tell you her story.

Looking for a sexy romance novella to spice up your week? Check out Aspen Mountain Press for Rose Light and other romance novels. 

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The print version of her Struck by Lightning is available now from Triskelion Publishing. Ask your favorite bookstore for a copy (ISBN#1-933471-85-9).

Lizzie’s four e-pub books with Triskelion Publishing, Call Me, Boy Toy, Forget the Mistletoe, and her latest Struck by Lightning, are available to download now. For more information visit Triskelion Publishing. 

The June 2006 issue of Romantic Times Book Reviews Magazine gave Struck by Lightning 4-1/2 Stars.

Studly Service, Lizzie’s first e-pub release with Erotique Press is also available to download now.

Available now from Silk’s Vault Publishing:
The Red Silk Diaries, Vol. 3 has Lizzie’s short novella Espresso Heat. You’ll never think of coffee shops in the same way again.

You can chat with Lizzie T Leaf the second Monday of each month in the romance author chats at Realms of Love. 

There’s an excerpt of Studly Service at the Romance Reader blog at Blog Spirit and at the RomanceReader blog at BlogStream.

Jade’s latest eBook, Shattered Legacy, is published at Aspen Mountain Press. 

Here’s some tidbits from the Road to Romance spread…

FAMILY LIFE:
We were a happy band of nomads, traipsing up and down the West Coast in search of the next hotspot, careerwise.  Daddy built Race cars and fixed tricky imports on the side, Momma turned trash into treasure and could make a prom dress out of an old bathrobe!

I LOVE A MAN:
Who is Funny, Generous, Obedient, and has a big–smile.

I DISLIKE A MAN:
Who underestimates me.

“Do you really care how many dogs, cats, kids, or men I live with? All kidding aside, I live with Rizzo the wondermutt, one beautiful daughter, and the sexiest man on the planet. My dog is my constant companion and the source of the strange noises and odors emanating from beneath my desk. My husband is my willing research partner and better half. My daughter constantly amazes.”

Be sure to check out Shattered Legacy today!

I’m originally from Chicago, but lived many wonderful years in Texas and now in Colorado. My husband Al and I have 3 kids, two dogs, and far too many inlaws. I currently teach at a charter school in the Denver area and look forward to being with my students every day… their parents might be another story altogether.

It just so happens that I met Ingrid at a dinner party last Saturday. She’s a whole lot more exciting than that…

Ingrid has visited Latvia several times in her life, at least once during communist rule. She attended the baptism of a cousin in a boarded up church in the middle of the night. A guy showed her his Rolex in a hot tub in Sturgis. She’s smart, funny and really enjoys teaching. She’s got three books planned for this series and the story line might not go the way you think it’s going to go. Ingrid wears sparkly gold mascara (eye liner, eye shadow? I can never keep them straight) and now enjoys Mexican Coca Cola. She knows she would get any final Jeopardy question right if the category was Henry the 8th.

Now wasn’t my version more interesting?

Here’s an excerpt from No Crime Like the Present, currently available from Aspen Mountain Press:

It had not been a good day by any stretch of the imagination and the sun had barely crested the horizon. It was only 7:05

That’s the problem with finding bodies in the copy room, ruins your whole day. Doesn’t do much for the owner of the body either.

Rose was not going to look, absolutely not going to turn her head in that direction. If she knew the person who was sprawled across the copy machine, she was going to be sick. Actually, even if she didn’t know the victim she was going to be sick. (On reflection, tossing those cookies she had scarfed for breakfast might not be such a bad thing).

No, no, no, no looking.

She looked. Bad move.

Perhaps if she concentrated on something else while she endeavored to settle her stomach: men, sex, chocolate?

Maybe she should call someone? What did Hercule Poirot do when he stumbled across a corpse of recent vintage? Twirl his mustache? (Actually, that was possible for her too—note to self—make appointment for electrolysis immediately.)

Perhaps it was a dummy set out by some students who would pay dearly for this prank. No, too much blood for that. (Hold on tummy- concentrate.)

Maybe if she just closed her eyes and did what she came here to do the illusion of mayhem would fade into the mist and she could pretend that all those éclairs she had for dinner last night had finally rotted her brain.

Yes! That would do the trick. Copy that killer of a test for third period. Perhaps she might consider rephrasing that. Close your eyes and make LOTS of copies. Think positive.

It was just that the body in question was slumped over the big copier, the one that did two sided copying and, well, as long as there had to be a corpse, couldn’t it be sprawled somewhere a bit more convenient? The cafeteria perhaps. The food there was so vile that bodies lying about should be a common sight anyway.

“Miss Hill,” a quiet voice at her side murmured, “Shall I call downstairs for some help?”

“That’s probably a good idea, dear.”

Get your eBook copy of No Crime Like the Present, from Aspen Mountain Press today.

“Imagine an alternate reality, an alternate you living in a separate
dimension, following a different branch on the road of life. Imagine
finding that other side of yourself and trading places-a temporary
trade just to see what might have been had you taken a different path
along one of life’s many forks in the road. Diane Tanner not only
meets her doppelganger, she trades places, moving almost seamlessly
into Diane Graham’s life. The Sacred Glade is a fascinating look
at “what might have been” had a different path been taken. Tightly
written with compelling characters and an overlying sense of horror
that all is not what it seems, Dianne Charles Linford has taken one
of life’s paths and given it a startling, eerie, yet strangely
believable twist. This one is definitely a page turner.”

Kate Douglas

Wow! Congratulations D.C. You can pick up The Sacred Glade at Aspen Mountain Press.