Join the romance writers of Phaze Books in the Realms of Love Chat Castle Monday December 17! There will be give-aways so be sure to arrive on time! In this last chat of 2007, Victoria Blisse, Yeva Wiest, Nicole Gestalt, Christine London and Mychael Black pull out all the stops to share what they have with you! There’s something for everyone here: Vampires, Mastery, Intrigue, Men and Women in Uniform, a Snow Bound Weekend, even Poetry! So wash the stickiness from the Scotch tape off your fingers and join us for an hour of fun, laughs and give-aways. The chat starts at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific. Author: Victoria Blisse
Title: Phaze in Verse
Blurb: Edited by Kally Jo Surbeck, featuring the authors of Phaze. Poetry has long been a short form method to story telling. Morals, epic tales, even desperate pleas for understanding have been recorded through the ages in verse. And yet, somewhere along the line of our technologically advancing society, it seems those small intimate pleasures are growing lost. Poetry is love, life, and feeling breathed into words. Our shared experiences, emotions, dreams?. Today, we are pleased to present to you a fine collection of poetry. This is not just iambic pentameter or rhymed. It is not only free verse or measured. This is a comprehensive collection of a wide variety of tastes, styles, and passions. Just like our readers. There is a little bit of something for everyone.
Author: Yeva Wiest
Title: Phaze Fantasies: Volume III
Blurb: Six Phaze favorites deliver stories of homoerotic passion and romance.
Behind the Beard by Yeva Wiest : Madly in lust, handsome young counselor Byron Jones hides his secret self. The object of his attraction: Lord Richard Kincade, the Queen’s most sought after barrister. With the help of two conniving old codgers, a mischievous miss, and some six-legged buggers, Byron “wigs out” to capture the heart of Lord Kincade.
This story proves the belle of the ball just might be a beau, but everything depends on who is really hiding behind the beard.
Author: Nicole Gestalt
Title: Summer of Fire
Blurb: The Summer of Fire, as the media calls it, brings steamy weather and the threat of an arsonist. Officer Helen is charged with ending the madness, yet her passion for a widowed firefighter continues to flame.
Author: Christine London Title: Sunninghill Snow
Blurb: In charge of obtaining celebrity bookings and future programming for BBC 3’s Good Morning Show, Bryce is living a lightening-paced life as the man to know in morning TV and one of London’s most eligible bachelors. Having long been relegated to the occasional wistful smile or cringe of regret, Kay Macara was the last person he’d expected to run into at his best mate’s country cottage. One snowbound weekend, a recalcitrant cat, a wild sled adventure and time stranded together are a recipe for war…or passion. The problem is that neither one can seem to see what’s right in front of them: they never stopped loving each other.
Author: Mychael Black Title: Dark Needs
Blurb: Two bestselling novellas by two Phaze favorites, together in one volume!
The Power of Two: As a vampire Master, Dominic has been eyeing his old friend, Griffith for quite a while. But being a Master in his own right, Grif resisted the notion of Dominic controlling him in any way. With startling skill, Dominic sets out to change that refusal. He has his own deep interest in him, born of watching Grif’s submission at the hand of another Master. Even though Dominic can’t help but toy with his old friend, in truth, he wants him only as an equal. But how to convince Grif without letting his guard down is Dominic’s biggest issue.
Aware of some of that interest but not the reason for it, Grif has his own secret. His trust had been violated by his own vampire Master, and since that night, he’s refused to let another dominate him. And he’d swore to himself that no one ever would.
Dominion: Still dealing with the aftershocks of his ordeal at Tristan’s hands, Griffith St. James is fighting the urge to withdraw completely. He feels guilty for what happened, less than a man. The nightmares of his torture at his former master’s hands are worse than ever. Dominic Marcellus struggles to draw Grif back into their life before Tristan, but fate has other plans.
Finding himself back in the clutches of his abusive former master, Grif is terrified and can only pray Dominic comes for him in time.
How Romantic is That?
We’re pretty stoked about this song by Lori McKenna, How Romantic is That?. Ms McKenna is an awesome romantic storyteller, she does it with music. Here’s a little bit about her:
Lori McKenna is a mother of five from Stoughton, Mass. (pop. 27,000), about 20 miles outside Boston. There, she lives quietly—well, as quietly as a house with five children can get—with her husband of 18 years, Gene, a plumber for the local gas company. For years she drove her kids to school in a 1999 Ford Windstar minivan with 150,000 miles on it. It is fitting Lori entitled her Warner Brothers debut album Unglamorous.
Lori McKenna is also an acclaimed singer-songwriter who was thrust into the limelight last year when superstar Faith Hill included three of McKenna’s songs on her Number One album Fireflies, including Hill’s poignant single “Stealing Kisses.” Hill (herself a wife and mother of three) heard in McKenna’s work what a steadily growing audience has been hearing since her 1998 debut, Paper Wings & Halo: an intimate understanding and honest expression of the realities of domestic life.
While Lori has several fine songs on her latest album Unglamourous, How Romantic is That? is available only as a video from Don Was’ Channel and YouTube. We’ve made it easy for you to check it out here at Realms of Love.
Claire Thompson’s Masked Submission was just released at Ellora’s Cave.
When Dylan Reese first saw the sexy masked Dom at the club he felt the connection between them ignite in a flame he knew he could never quench. In a blindingly intense exchange of sensual power Dylan gave his body and his heart to a man hidden behind a mask-a man he could never truly know.
Jack Marchand was smitten the moment he laid eyes on the handsome green-eyed PhD candidate. As their friendship blossomed, so did their trust-freeing Dylan to confess to Jack his submissive orientation, while Jack admitted his naturally dominant impulses. Jack found himself falling in love with a man whose heart was ensnared by a fantasy. Yet Dylan was unable to break free of the dark erotic control of his masked lover, even if it meant destroying the fledgling love he felt for Jack. Jack had his own secrets, secrets that once revealed could destroy his chance of love with the one man who had already stolen his heart.
When terminally ill Skylar Creighton tries to aid an injured homeless man who’s been stabbed, his attacker follows him into her bookstore demanding a green crystal. When the victim shoves a pale green gem into her hands, the mysterious crystal sends her hurtling into the cabin of the Rand Edward Jamison’s Red Sky, a pirate ship. The captain—she knows and loves from the yellowed pages of his own journals.
When Rand hears a noise in his cabin, his senses go on full alert. Finding an interloper, he’s sure his enemy, Owain Cutler, has found an assassin. What Rand doesn’t expect to find is his deceased wife Emma’s reincarnation. When this stranger unleashes her tongue with her sarcastic retorts he’s confused. Is she or isn’t she Emma? And what is all this nonsense about traveling through time from the future?
Skylar’s been fantasizing about Rand for years, and Rand’s convinced she’s his dead wife returned to him. Between her new love giving her a determination to live and his old one giving him the determination to save her life, she’s shortly begging he ravage her like the pirate that he is. But then Cutler steals the sistrum, and he’s after Emma - or is it Skylar? He enlists the aid of a Hudu woman to send her own to her own time, because he will not lose her again.
Now all Rand has to do is find a way to get to Skylar and keep Cutler from killing her in a future three hundred years away.
Author Sonja Foust Tackles Racial Issues in Short Romantic Fantasy ‘Love In Shadow’
Not just a short read that will leave you with a warm feeling; “Love In Shadow” tackles the larger issue of prejudice within its sweet romantic plot. Sonja Foust, who resides in Durham, North Carolina—home of the now infamous Duke Lacrosse case—steps away from the real world to illuminate prejudice in a less complicated fantasy world.
The Duke Lacrosse case pitted three white Duke Lacrosse players against a black exotic dancer from neighboring historically black NC Central University. “The fantasy setting gives a little bit of distance from the actual situations and lets you think about the issues themselves without all the baggage from the specifics. It’s a great vehicle for expanding your universe to include ideas you might not have thought of if they hadn’t been presented in such a clean, unattached way,” says Foust.
Sonja Foust, a UNC Chapel Hill alumna with a degree in English, has been an aspiring author for almost three years. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) as well as the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers local Raleigh chapter of RWA. “Love In Shadow” is Foust’s first published work.
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.
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.
Monday, December 4, Wild Rose Press authors Vivienne Lorret, Darah Lace and Donna Michaels chat at Realms of Love. There will be something for everyone.
Vivienne Lorret’s latest is The Cowboy Way a contemporary romance. Who can resist a cowboy?
Darah Lace will heat your hearth with Wrong Number, Right Man, an erotic romance.
Donna Michaels has a holiday story for us: Thanks for Giving.
There will be give-aways of a free download of each book.
Flesa Black, Mechele Armstrong and friends will rock the Realms of Love Chat Castle Monday December 11 at 9 PM EST.
Flesa Black, Mechele Armstrong, Desiree Erotique, Anne Douglas, Melinda Barron, and newcomer Isabella Snow will be chatting, laughing, quoting scenes and generally having a great time.
