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.

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!

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.

The review is included below, in its entirety, because it is not posted on line yet. It was posted only on the JERR Yahoo group.

Congratulations Lucynda. Reader beware: better stock up on batteries (and the tissues) before buying this one.

Review of Refugee by Lucynda Storey from Just Erotic Romance Reviews

Title: Irresistible 2: Refugee
Author: Lucynda Storey
Publisher: Loose ID
Publisher URL: www.loose-id.net
ISBN: 978-1-59632-322-3
Reviewer: Julie Esparza
Rating: 5 Stars
Heat level: H
Jack Smith answers the call of his buddy, Case Roberts, and finds himself dealing with an emotionally fragile victim of vicious abuse. She has just been sprung from the dungeon of one of the cities most vicious sexual predators. Amanda Byrne is cursing herself for giving her mind body and soul to Victor Wakefield. Jack can’t stand the lost face on the angel in front of him. He refuses to act on his desires knowing he is a Dominant and the last thing that Amanda needs at this time. Even though she knows that she might have a sexual relationship in the future, Amanda can’t imagine finding another man she could possibly trust with the intimacy of her submission. Jack attracts her but he is a cop and deserves a decent woman and she knows she just isn’t good enough for him.

Heart wrenching, yet beautiful, Refugee by Lucynda Storey is book 2 of the Irresistible series. A continuation of Simply Irresistible, it covers the rebirth of a submissive as she struggles with her destroyed life. Amanda is a strong woman who slowly had her will stolen from her in the guise of love and submission. Intelligent, she is scared to have to pick up her life but she refuses to let life be over. Jack is a complex man dealing with his own demons and a temper that leads him into all sorts of trouble. His conviction that Amanda deserves better than him is passionate. Both hide secrets but they build a tentative relationship. Fortunately, they find neither can resist their passion. The sex is tender, hot and beautiful. The plot merges well with the previous story, but it is also able to stand alone. There is discussion of some evil acts done (before Amanda is rescued from Victor) but the story involves more of the emotional side of BDSM. This is a sweet relationship with tantalizing scenes that had me smelling the roses. Ms. Storey has another winner with Refugee.
Julie Esparza
Just Erotic Romance Reviews

tags: Romance, BDSM, Erotic, Review

tags: Romance, BDSM, Erotic, Review

She is an eBook editor at Aspen Mountain Press and has quite a few articles on eBook reading and writing at WhatWeRead.com. Cyn  is published at Loose-Id, Triskelion and Erotique.Click to see all Lucynda Storey’s books . 

Read about the Review of Refugee by Lucynda Storey at Realms of Love, a romance writer and reader news site.  

A snip of Tralana’s 6 Wand’s review (Enchanted Rambling’s highest rating) of Refugee, the novel of romance and bdsm :

“Ms. Storey created an incredible set of characters, bringing them to life for me. I felt for them. I cheered their actions, and felt their pain. A beautiful story of how a loving, trusting relationship can be fulfilling without restricting one’s freedom and growth.”

Cyn’s Blog Lucynda Storey  is at BlogSpirit.

“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.

Here’s a excerpt from the review of this eBook homoerotic romance.

“Lena Austin has penned an exciting adventure that will capture the reader from the very first page.  Sassy and saucy characters, a great plot that twists and turns and some sizzling sex…even though between two men give the reader a read that will thrill and delight.  Pride is the theme of this book and its pride that almost gets everyone killed.  Ms Austin keeps the plot fast paced and her characters hopping.  She mixes a good love story, excitement and a sassy demon to concoct a story that will entertain.  This reviewer did get a soft spot for the demon Grip, who although desperately needs someone to open the book so he can be free, realizes that sometimes it’s better to have patience than pride.  This reviewer enjoyed this story very much and can highly recommend it if your tastes are for gay romance. “

Here’s the Review of The Sacred Glade:

Diane Tanner’s house is partially destroyed by a freak lightning bolt exploding a transformer. Her entrepreneur husband is overseas, doesn’t consider the incident significant enough to fly home before negotiating his current deal. The following day, as she walks through the house with the fire inspector, insurance adjuster, and emergency cleaning crew, she idly picks up each of the numerous house phones but of course the lines are dead, as the power is still out. However, the phone closest to the site of the damage appears melted, yet Diane tries it anyway.

What she finds is enormously amazing: a strange collection of sounds, and when she tries to dial out, she reaches an alternate self, one who married out of her race and birthed three daughters. The alternate Diane still has the stutter that this Diane had trained out through extensive therapy. This Diane and her spouse Lee are wealthy, very much so, but childless. Diane discovers that her alternate self also underwent a lightning experience, and one of the cordless phones was fried when her 3 daughters had taken it outdoors to play house, too near to the transformer pole. No matter what numbers either dials on the melted phones, they only ring on the opposite number’s ruined phone.

What an entertaining concept! The Sacred Glade truly lives up to the promise of its blurb, and I’m quite glad I’ve read it, and will look for more by books by Diane Charles Linford. I expected that it might be a simple switched-identity story, but it turned out to be far more adventurous and intriguing. Definitely find your way to this book, it’s well worth it!