Bad Boys… can’t resist them. Definitely my type when I was younger.

But yikes, they’re bad for a reason–they’re trouble!

Two of my main characters in recent books are bad boys. In Bloodlust and Metal, Devon is a shapeshifting bounty hunter out for numero uno. In Rock Me Tonight, Nico is a software engineer by day, but a singer of a hard rock band by night.

Leave a comment and enter with Rafflecopter below for a digital copy of one of these two new releases! Let me know which bad boy appeals to you more–Nico or Devon–and why. One lucky winner will win a digital copy of either Rock Me Tonight or Bloodlust or Metal.

Bloodlust and Metal

Rock Me Tonight

Third in the Underground Encounters series

Lily Everett wants a lover, but won’t consider a permanent relationship, because she harbors a secret she’s certain no one will understand. When she meets the singer of a rock band at an underground nightclub, she’s disarmed by his sensual voice and mischievous good looks. After an icy introduction, Lily warms up to Nico’s charms.

A computer geek by day, Nico dons a rock singer persona by night. He’s tired of women pursuing him just because he’s in a band—the sex may be handy, but he wants something more. He’s intrigued by Lily’s reticence.

Keeping her emotional distance proves difficult the more Lily uncovers the intelligent, considerate man hiding behind Nico’s bad-boy persona. Their encounters are hot-hot-hot, but Nico wants more from Lily than sex. When Lily lets down her guard and reveals her other side, Nico’s shock destroys their closeness and they both doubt they can overcome their differences.

A Romantica® paranormal/shapeshifter erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

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I’m thrilled to announce the third book in my Underground Encounters series is now out at Ellora’s Cave.

Rock Me Tonight

Third in the Underground Encounters series

Lily Everett wants a lover, but won’t consider a permanent relationship, because she harbors a secret she’s certain no one will understand. When she meets the singer of a rock band at an underground nightclub, she’s disarmed by his sensual voice and mischievous good looks. After an icy introduction, Lily warms up to Nico’s charms.

A computer geek by day, Nico dons a rock singer persona by night. He’s tired of women pursuing him just because he’s in a band—the sex may be handy, but he wants something more. He’s intrigued by Lily’s reticence.

Keeping her emotional distance proves difficult the more Lily uncovers the intelligent, considerate man hiding behind Nico’s bad-boy persona. Their encounters are hot-hot-hot, but Nico wants more from Lily than sex. When Lily lets down her guard and reveals her other side, Nico’s shock destroys their closeness and they both doubt they can overcome their differences.

A Romantica® paranormal/shapeshifter erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

For more info or to buy now, visit Ellora’s Cave.

I’m thrilled to share You Gotta Read’s review of Fiery Nights:

“[Maya] is a firefighter by day and every chance she gets, she is a goth bumping on the dance floor at night at her favorite club, Vamp. After returning to the newly refurbished club, Maya falls head over Mary Jane heels for the tall, sexy owner. Finding out that he has his own quirks is not a deal killer for her, but the differences in them very well may kill their budding relationship before it gets off the ground…

“Fiery Nights is an imaginative tale about witches and elementals, vampires and plain old creepy people.”

4* – You Need to Read.

Read the full review here.

This month is an exciting one for Ellora’s Cave authors who are participating in the On the Hunt theme. Our books feature hot bounty hunters. Today I’d like to welcome Cynthia Sax who is sharing an excerpt of Warlord Unarmed with us.

Our Place In Our Families

Murad, the hero of Warlord Unarmed, is one of three rather overachieving brothers. In this scene, he explains to Gale, his curvaceous little bounty hunter, why he is always laughing and cracking jokes.

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“You look very tough.” She huddled against him, the body armor forming a frustrating barrier between her curves and his muscle. “Except when you smile.”

 

“And I smile often.” The escape pod shook violently, the objects around them bumping against Murad. He gritted his teeth and held onto Gale tighter. Will we survive this descent? “Too often according to my brothers. They claim I’m never serious.”

“But that’s an act, isn’t it?” she whispered.

“It started as an act,” Murad confessed, laughter being his way to gain attention in a family dominated by Berke, the leader, and Khan, the warrior. “Now it’s a habit, a way to cope.” With loss, with loneliness, with life.

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I understand how Murad feels. I’m one of six kids and we all jostled to claim our roles within the family. I ended up being the leader, making most of the decisions, which sounds like a great role except none of the choices pleased everyone. Someone was always upset with me.

My eldest brother was the creative one. Because this was his role, I felt a bit guilty about writing. I’d write in secret, in my diaries. Eventually I wrote for a newspaper. My brother was offered that opportunity also but he turned it down, stating it wasn’t creative enough for him. It took me years to ‘come out’ to him about my romance writing but when I did, he was completely cool about it and very supportive.

What is your place in your family?

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Warlord Unarmed

Cynthia Sax

The Official Blurb:

When Murad, a powerful and deadly Warlord, arrives to repair Gale’s beloved ship, she doesn’t like it one bit. She sees the danger lurking behind his wide, sexy smile and the temptation in his coarse touch. He stands too close. He smells too good. He muddles her mind with erotic thoughts no bounty hunter should ever entertain.

Murad is known for being lighthearted…until he meets Gale. He’s deadly serious about seducing his curvaceous bounty hunter. With one blast of her stun gun, she captures his attention, and starts his lust burning. To claim Gale for his mate, Murad will brave his cautious female’s itchy trigger finger, his overbearing older brother and Gale’s sense of duty.

Buy Link:  http://cynthiasax.com/2013/05/03/warlord-unarmed/

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This 5* Review from Satin Sheets Romance has me so excited, I can barely type. Here are some quotes:

“The HEA (Happily Ever After) is one of the best I’ve read and I highly recommend this story to anyone and everyone!”

“You can actually see the story being played out as if it was a movie in front of your eyes. You feel yourself totally immersed in this book, unable to put it down!”

“You NEED to go and read this, NOW!…”

Read more here.

Thanks to all who entered the Spring is in the Air Blog Hop giveaway. Hopefully you discovered some new books and authors; I know I did.

The winner of an e-copy of Fiery Nights is:

Shelley H.

Here’s the blurb for Fiery Nights. Two more books will be released this Spring so you may want to start on the series now. 🙂

Fiery Nights

Second in the Underground Encounters series

Just Released!

He may own a Goth nightclub, but Tristan Stone avoids people—the darkness that surrounds them drains him. When he sees Maya for the first time, alone on the dance floor, a light surrounds her. He must discover who she is and what gives her power. He wants her, must have her.

Maya sees a man with haunting eyes watching her from the back of the club. She feels their connection, but thinks it’s merely physical attraction. Their passion ignites, overpowering them, and they must work together to understand their connection. The heat of their passion could send their world up in flames.

A Romantica® erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

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If you like hot paranormal romances, you might want to get started now with the first book in the series, Smoldering Nights.

Smoldering Nights

First in the Underground Encounters series

Out Now at Ellora’s Cave!

Nike loves visiting the goth club Vamps—she can exchange her firefighter uniform for a slinky fantasy outfit. There she runs into the man she’d been admiring from afar at a rock climbing gym. He’s been the star of all her fantasies, so is it any wonder they end up in his private room upstairs? Just when things begin to heat up, Michel’s enemies appear.

Only Michel isn’t an ordinary mortal. And someone from his past is on the hunt for vengeance. Michel and Nike are forced on the run and hide out in a coastal cottage in Maine. They can’t resist their attraction and spend the nights exploring each others’ bodies while trying to sort out how they feel about each other. Can they overcome their differences to be together? And how will they evade the predators who are chasing them?

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Hi, just sharing an interview from Sizzling Hot Books about my latest hot paranormal romance with Ellora’s Cave.

Lisa Carlisle Interview at Sizzling Hot Books

Here’s the blurb on Fiery Nights:

Fiery Nights

Second in the Underground Encounters series

Just Released!

He may own a Goth nightclub, but Tristan Stone avoids people—the darkness that surrounds them drains him. When he sees Maya for the first time, alone on the dance floor, a light surrounds her. He must discover who she is and what gives her power. He wants her, must have her.

Maya sees a man with haunting eyes watching her from the back of the club. She feels their connection, but thinks it’s merely physical attraction. Their passion ignites, overpowering them, and they must work together to understand their connection. The heat of their passion could send their world up in flames.

A Romantica® erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

Read an excerpt

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Welcome my guest for today’s egg-cerpt exchange. Anna Bayes is sharing an excerpt from Under His Wings, a M/M/F menage love story.

Under His Wings

Bonnie thought Matt was everything she ever wanted: boyishly charming, understanding and exciting. Then she realized that he had another lover: Sean, an artistic, intensely jealous and handsome man. She tries, and fails to accept herself as the barely tolerated female lover. On New Year’s Eve, she demands a meeting amongst the three. The confrontation sparks dangerous rage, and something else with an entirely different heat level: steamy desire. Can she bring about a reconciliation satisfactory to everyone involved as she surrenders to her passion?

Buy link:
http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_183&products_id=3772

Excerpt:
As I stood before my reflection in the mirror this morning, I tried to rehearse my request to Matt. I repeated it many times, looking into my eyes: the round, dark brown pupils returning my gaze unconvincingly. I shook my hair loose, and reasoned with myself again. If all Matt’s talk about my importance is only empty words to keep me, then he is a lying bastard, and I am better off without him. I tried to say it aloud with conviction, but my voice betrayed me; I sounded like a frightened, disappointed little girl. I know logically that I can live without him, but loving him has become such an integral, necessary part of my life; I am not sure I could stop, even if we parted.

5 pm. Matt took my hand as I closed my shop early for the day, kissed it and buried it in the large pocket in his jacket. I love how my hand fits snugly in his; it is as if all my body parts have been tailor-made to suit him, and melt into him. I concentrated on staring at the toes of my boots, mustering up my courage, then I looked squarely into his eyes, and said, “I want Sean to meet me.” I had initially practiced declaring in a crescendo, “I refuse to be hidden like an undignified whore. I am not a filler between Sean and other things in your life. I need him to acknowledge me as a person. I demand his respect,” but this part of the speech became stuck in my throat. Matt looked at me, dumbfounded, until I almost started to believe that I had delivered my full speech, after all. Then he clenched his teeth, tightened his grip on my hand, and said, “Yes, you deserve better than this.”

The taxi ride to his apartment was a blur. The original plan for tonight, it being New Year’s Eve, had been that Matt would spend the early evening with me, then return home to Sean for dinner and to count down to 2013 over sizzling sex. Sean is not there when we arrive at the apartment, and we sit on the sofa to wait. Matt looks frighteningly dashing: his eyes blazing, his whole body tense, clearly deep in thought, preparing for something. He looks up as the sound of keys in the lock announces Sean’s return. “Hey you…” Sean’s lilting voice stops in its tracks as he opens the door wider and sees me seated next to his lover.

Find Anna Bayes at these places:
Her blog (http://annabayes.wordpress.com)
Her Amazon author page (http://www.amazon.com/author/annabayes)
Her Goodreads author page (http://www.goodreads.com/annabayes)
Her Manic Readers author page (http://www.manicreaders.com/annabayes)

I have a guest post from Tina Gayle today. Summer’s Growth is the 1st Book in her “Family Tree” series. Check out the excerpt below.

Summer’s Growth

Forced by the family spirits to get a life, Mattie Winston has to train her replacement Amber Harrison to be in charge of all the workings of the Winston estate. Reluctant to make changes in her life, Mattie forms a bond with Amber, when strange accidents start happening which threaten their lives and an unknown ghost makes an appearance.

After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.

Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.

Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.

Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.

Can these two women achieve their goals?

Read the first chapter at

http://www.tinagayle.net/SGchapter.html

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Excerpt

Standing by the bay window in the front room, Mattie watched the car approach. Her new recruit’s arrival had goose bumps popping out on Mattie’s skin, adding to her anxieties.

She wanted to run, but instead glanced at the kindhearted spirit of Opal, her distant grandmother. Dressed in her best early American gown, the many layers of her petticoat swished with a soft hiss when she moved.

“There’s no reason to be nervous. Once you meet Amber, you’ll see she caps the climax,” Opal voiced in a soothing tone. “Your Aunt Rachel is absolutely thrilled to have a descendant from her branch of the family as keeper.”

Looking beyond her at the rest of the room, Mattie searched for the other members of the family council. They always offered her their support when she faced a big decision. Yet, today they were conspicuously absent.

“Don’t worry. The whole family is behind you. We just thought it better if we didn’t all hover.”

Shifting from foot to foot, she wrung her hands together. A simple process of a changing of the guard for them, Amber’s arrival marked the end of the life Mattie loved.

The beautiful spirits around her didn’t understand how cruel humans could be to each other. What if she screwed up and the girl left? Or the girl hated living with a house full of spirits?

Unease pricked at Mattie’s mind. She had no experience in dealing with strangers. All her business associates understood her likes and didn’t force her to attend any social events.

A quick glance out the window, and a car rounded the fountain. She wasn’t prepared to entertain Amber. How could she be? She never invited guests to the estate.

“Now, Pumpkin, there’s no need to worry. It’s time another branch of the family realize what a pain it is to be keeper.” Opal smiled, offering her special form of reassurance. “We’re all here to help with the transition.”

The high notes of Beethoven’s Fifth sprang from the piano. Mattie jumped in surprise at the sudden noise. She whipped around to see Uncle Samuel, the artist of the family, standing next to the piano.

“The game is afoot.” He arched his eyebrows and grinned, then disappeared.

“I’d better leave.” Her aunt patted Mattie’s shoulder. “Just remember, the girl is uneasy too.”

Opal disappeared.

With a deep breath, Mattie turned and gripped the cold metal knob in her hand.

Soon her home would belong to a stranger, and then what would she do?

 

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