I’m happy to have both Vivian Arend and Elle Kennedy at Smexy today to celebrate their upcoming November 20th releases. Vivian Arend has Rocky Mountain Angel coming out which I really enjoyed and I don’t have my hands on Getting Hotter by Elle Kennedy yet, but her previous book in this series is a favorite erotic this year. I’ll turn it over to the ladies now… Cool Canadians, Hot Contemporaries November 20, Vivian Arend and Elle Kennedy share a release day at Samhain Publishing: ROCKY Continue Reading
Guest Author Grace Burrowes
We are happy to have Grace Burrowes at Smexy today to celebrate her release of Lady Louisa’s Christmas Knight. The marriage of convenience holds pride of place as one of the most venerable Regency plot devices, and has seen service among paranormal authors, and even some contemporary category writers. I made glancing use of it in Lady Louisa’s Christmas Knight, though of course, true love has to go and bollix up that plan by about page 50. Is the marriage of convenience just a pretext to Continue Reading
Guest Author Alexandra Allred
Recently, Tori read and adored Damaged Goods by Alexandra Allred. Today Alexandra is visiting Smexy! My Love of Women In my writings, I have many male characters I love. I’ve known some wonderful men in my life and find it easy to tap into their qualities. But my female characters drive me to write. I love them and attribute my sports background to much of it. When I was on the U.S. women’s bobsled team in the early 90s, we were a team of eight. On paper, we were two married mothers, two Continue Reading
Stolen Blog Tour
Some of you have probably heard how stressful things get for an author when they are getting ready for a new release. Shiloh Walker’s latest book STOLEN is due out… and, well. She didn’t handle the stress well this time. She went on a crime spree*…she hit fellow authors Thea Harrison, Vivian Arend, Larissa Ione, Carolyn Crane and Devon Monk. She held them up and swiped secrets and goodies. She keeps the secrets, but you get the goodies. Well, maybe a few secrets will slip out. *This is all very Continue Reading
Guest Author Sandy Williams and Giveaway
We are happy to have author Sandy Williams here today to celebrate the release of The Shattered Dark. Hugging Covers One of the things I was most excited about when I sold THE SHADOW READER to Ace was the cover. To me, a cover means a book is real. It’s no longer a jumble of scenes in my head or a long document of words staring back at me from my computer. It’s something I can point to and say, “See! I did it! I’m finally a real author!” So, naturally, one of the things that terrified me the Continue Reading
Guest Author Lynne Silver and Giveaway
We are happy to have Lynne Silver at Smexy Books today! Cracktastic Books We’ve all read ‘em…books that you inhale despite knowing they are less than stellar literature. i.e. not Shakespeare. And yet you can’t read them fast enough. Authors and series that come to mind are J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunters, Lora Leigh’s Breeds, Kristen Ashley’s alpha males…and more. I’m sure you have a favorite. Cracktastic is a new term for me, but five years ago when I Continue Reading
Guest Author Cassi Carver and Giveaway
Hi, everyone, I’m Cassi Carver! Thank you for visiting me at Smexy Books today! I’m really excited about the release of Shadow Rising, the second book in my spicy urban fantasy series with Samhain Publishing, and I thought I would talk a little about music and how it can affect writing a book. Last year was the first year I’d really heard about authors coming up with playlists for books and series. Sure, I’d listened to music while I was writing before, but could it be possible that if I made a Continue Reading
Guest Author Amy Andrews
Thanks to Mandi and Smexy Books for hosting me today and letting me talk about my new Entangled Publishing release Taming the Tycoon. One of the scenes I loved writing the most involved Nate and Addie, posing as a couple, being manipulated by his meddling old granny into sharing the same room. With only one bed. “You want Addie in the rose bedroom?” he asked. “Oh no darling,” his grandmother interjected. “She’ll be in with you, of course.” Nathaniel felt time screech to halt around him. Continue Reading
Guest Author Avery Flynn–Alpha, Abs and Attitude
We are happy to have Avery Flynn at Smexy today, to celebrate the release of the third book in her Layton Family series, Passion Creek. Alpha, Abs and Attitude by Avery Flynn Picture the moment. I’m in yoga pants and a tank top. I haven’t slept more than four hours at a shot or shaved my legs in about a week. I’m living on coffee and adrenaline because I am under the gun to finish a story before the a deadline drops on me like an anvil and I need an copy editor STAT. (I know, you’re Continue Reading
Guest Author Carrie Lofty and Giveaway
We are happy to have Carrie Lofty at Smexy today to talk about her new release, His Very Own Girl. Rules Made to be Broken By Carrie Lofty The USO (United Service Organization) was established as a private non-profit organization devoted to morale-building services of all kinds. This included religious needs, games and recreation, temporary lodging, postage services, the distribution of books and magazines, and food stations in cities, ports and railway stations. Particularly famous were USO Continue Reading