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2009-08-18T10:50:00.001-04:00

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New Releases 06 August

2009-08-06T06:13:00.000-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ August 06, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

TIA'S RED DRESS
Marina Cross

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-377-8
Price: $1.99

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They were from different worlds, different cultures. However, when they met overwhelming sexual heat and passion followed.

Tia Jenning, successful African-American executive led a well-ordered life, a life that included no time for love. Yet, in a bid to become, a sexually liberated woman Tia hatched a plan to find a man for simple sex then dump him.

Scott Jackson, a Caucasian aircraft mechanic did not have a lot of money. Nevertheless, what he did have was a love for Tia that transcended all boundaries. Yet, when he discovered he'd been used as sex toy, he leaves Tia vowing never to return.

Yet, a strange matchmaker acts as cupid leading to a confrontation with ghosts of the past that will determine if Tia can win back the one she loves. Is she destined to lose her lover for the sin of a silly mistake?

THE PRINCE AND THE ROGUE
Skyler Grey

Mainstream Romance: Regency, Historical/Period
ISBN: 978-1-60435-364-8
Price: $3.99

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Due to the sudden death of Lady Christine and the deep depression of her father soon after, Catherine Townsend is carted off to live with her mother's family and learns quickly that her arrival is not one of welcome. After years of being the brunt of cruel jokes, Catherine's aunt demands she attend a soiree. During the course of the evening's events, Catherine finds herself stumbling upon a private romp and flees in a hasty retreat for fear of being discovered.

Eric Rycroft, is a prince, and London's most eligible bachelor. Only recently returned after being abroad for the past eight years, the last thing he wants to do is attend a boring party with mothers shoving their daughters in his face. As Eric contemplates an early escape, he bumps into Albert Ashbury, who in turn begs for help to search out a noisy busy-body that interrupted his private tryst, which if revealed, could mean the ruin of his marriage.

Eric decides that a game of cat and mouse might actually be a fun way to past the time but it's not until Eric spots his prey across the ballroom floor, that he finds himself intrigued by the golden minx and a rogue's plans are set into motion.

SO WRONG, SO RIGHT
Starla Kaye

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Western
ISBN: 978-1-60435-379-2
Price: $1.99

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Yee haa! Watch out Cowboy as Callie has come to play!

Callie recently moved to Carsonville, Kansas as the small town’s new librarian. All her life she has followed her Mid-Western upbringing and is the quintessential librarian: conservative, reserved, maybe a little too prim and proper.

Until she meets and briefly dates the area’s bad boy rancher. When he stops calling on her, she decides to make a change in her life. She decides to shift some to the wild side, free her inner wanton, and shake up the cowboy right down to his sexy toes.

Will the bad boy Rancher be up to what Callie has in store for him? Or will he ride off into the night alone?

DAEMON
M. King

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery
ISBN: 978-1-60435-384-6
Price: $5.99

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August 28th 1976: glam rock star Damon Brent lies dead on his bathroom floor, his head caved in and his reputation wrecked.

Three decades on, practical grad student Ellis Ross lives alone in her Brighton flat. She doesn't expect a past that isn't even her own to catch up with her, but she soon finds that—when you're being haunted by a man wearing more eyeliner than you are—it's hard to say no.

Damon's back. And he was murdered, or so he says. Reluctantly, Ellis agrees to help him and begins an investigation littered with old grudges, bitter rivalries and broken dreams. But will she risk losing more than just her mind?

DAGON'S OCTANGLE
Diane Charles Linford

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Gothic/Horror, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-378-5
Price: $5.99

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Thirty-something divorcee Sophia Behrens feels cut adrift in her life until she meets a young black man with more confident attitude than she's ever seen before. Stephen Dryor is fascinated by every aspect of the woman with the eastern European background and needs to know everything about her.

In the meantime, together they slowly get sucked into a puzzle which overlaps both their dreams and their waking lives. Circumstances culminate with a dangerous dive in waters which house a mysterious ancient artifact.

THREE CHEERS
Marie Rochelle

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-390-7
Price: $3.99

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Brock Garret has been lusting after the sexy mocha-skinned beauty Jamina Madison ever since he called her to become his daughter’s cheerleading coach. He knew that he should keep his distance, but its hard when she looks so damn good in those tight, white ass-hugging shorts….there is only so much a man can take.

Out of all of the coaching jobs in the world, why did she end up working for Brock Garrett? It wasn’t fair for one man to be that damn fine without even trying. Just one look from his dark blue eyes could make her forget everything going on around her, but Jamina Madison was trying her best to keep her distance.

Because if he could get her hot just from a look, what would happen once she gave in and let his hands touch her body?

August Monthly Contest

Songs of Summer

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One Lucky Winner will receive a treasure chest of prizes. Click below link for a full list.

Duration: August 01 - 31, 2009 (EST)

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A Vacation with the Fam? What Was I Thinking??

2009-08-03T05:19:00.003-04:00

A couple of weeks ago a large part of my extended family met in the Outer Banks, North Carolina for a week of blessed togetherness (sarcasm). Twenty people of all ages and sizes squashed into a beautiful house on the beach. I’d like to say it went off without a hitch. But I’d be lying. All in all, though, a good time was had by…well…most. #:0)

Being with family is always an experience, no matter what your age. When any family gets together for an extended period of time, certain things will happen. Old rivalries will resurface, competitive instincts will revive, and entrenched insecurities will rise to the surface.

It is, of course, no different in my family. But we perhaps cope with it a bit differently than other families.

In my family we don’t go at it face to face. We abhor direct, frontal attacks. They make our palms sweat. We prefer a sneakier program, rich with whispered sniping and private smoldering when somebody doesn’t quite come up to snuff. We embrace passive aggressive techniques and have grown expert at dishing out playful but revenge-tinged activities that both entertain and satisfy.

We put firecracker caps on toilet seats, play tackle kickball on the beach, and put spider “ice cubes” into people’s drinks.

Of course ye old water balloon made a soggy appearance. And a few of us found ourselves chewing an air sandwich on our way into the pool fully dressed. But these are mundane revenge tactics…almost not worth mentioning.

I prefer to talk about the fake cat poop that kept showing up everywhere. Now that’s a truly classy form of revenge!

Seriously though, we all love each other. And we have a lot of fun when we get together. But between the heartfelt hugs and the I love yous, we’re all thinking whether adding shaving cream to the water balloons or short-sheeting the twelve-year-old’s bed would give us more pleasure.

What can I say…we’re a playful bunch.

The tackle kickball? It didn’t start out that way. But we’re very competitive and, well, it was too boring doing it the normal way. So I threw the first tackle. I admit it. And it was a sight to behold. My older sister, a beautiful and kind woman who’d do anything in the world for any of us, was rounding second on her way to third after an impressive kick to the outfield (which my team-mates were stumbling and bumbling to retrieve). A consistent and infuriating size 4, my lovely sister didn’t have a chance when I set my sights on her. I lift 50 lb bags of grain in my barn on a daily basis, so the added 60 pounds of her diminutive frame were almost nothing to me. I picked her up and slammed her (gently of course) to the warm sand, giggling in delight) I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that my delight had nothing at all to do with the fact that the woman couldn’t gain a pound of fat if her life depended on it. While I, alas, have many scars from a lifelong battle with the pudge monster. No, it was all in good fun (lie). And it gave the family many hours of hilarity discussing how her head bounced off the sand as I landed on her.
And we were off.

Bodies flew everywhere. Hilarity abounded (word?) Other people on the beach stopped what they were doing and pulled up chairs to enjoy the show. A gorgeous storm slid in over the water and sent high winds into the game, blowing us around like one of the team.

At one point, my niece (a very confident woman) and I advanced growling on my daughter’s six foot five inch boyfriend as he rounded third. He screamed like a girl. Unfortunately, he also danced like a butterfly and got around us, making it home for a point.

Dang it.

I’ll get him next time.

Yes, we are competitive. But I’m proud to say we drew the line at tackling my 77 year old mother (yes, she was playing too!) or my 8 year old niece to the ground. And great fun was had by all. Well, except for my brother, who’d been tackled by a girl and wasn’t too happy about it. Yay for me!

I love my family. They’ve given me a wonderful place in this world. They’ve provided me with love. They’ve offered undying, unconditional support, and they’re always there when I need them. They ground me and give me a sense that I belong in this world. I wouldn’t trade them for anything and I cherish every last one of them (damn lie).

But that doesn’t mean I won’t tackle their butts next time we play kickball!
What can I say, as that great philosopher Popeye once said, “I yam what I yam.”
And mostly I’m okay with that.

~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~

Award winning author Sam Cheever mixes in a little fun, a little adventure, and a little real-life spice to create her sexy fantasy and romantic suspense stories. Sam’s fictional peeps fight their way through a dizzying array of dangerous challenges without letting little things like mean tempered ex girlfriends, dangerous villains, or angry, manipulative gods dampen their zest for life and hot love!

To find out more about Sam and her work, please pay her a visit at any one of the following online hot spots: her website; her author page on Facebook; her MySpace page; or her blog. She always loves to chat with readers.

Vampires and Vixens

2009-08-01T01:42:00.002-04:00

My first in my new series.........."Vampires and Vixens" will be out September 03 2009. It's an exciting story with a Vampire Detective in the main role. Then watch for my other stories each with a Vamp or a Vixen in the driver's seat.

Proceeds Donation and Contest News

2009-07-29T00:01:00.008-04:00

Wonderful News! The Shade Tree Shelter, a shelter for women, children and their pets in Las Vegas, Nevada is allowing me to donate a portion of the proceeds of my upcoming Red Rose Publishing release, Secret Vegas Lives. The heroine in this book is a psychologist, who volunteers at a shelter.

The Shade Tree Shelter and Noah’s Animal House provide safe shelter to homeless and abused women and children and their furry friends. To learn more, contact TheShadeTree.org, or Noah’s Animal House.org

Contest News: The winner of my July contest is Afshan N. Congratulations!

I’m giving away a heart-shaped carabiner and a USB drive every month through December. To qualify, sign up to receive my newsletter at LauraBreck.com

Best wishes,

Laura

New Releases 23 July

2009-07-23T04:28:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ July 23, 2009 ~

DRAGON WEIR
Dragonish Series: Book 2
Stephanie Burke

Erotic Romance: Fantasy, GLBT (m/m/m), Menage (m/m/m/f), Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-384-6
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In her Dragon's Arms, she's safe from all harm...Or is she?

Star knew all of her problems had been solved. She had a mate, a Quad, a family. Now she only had to immerse herself in the mysterious and sometimes dangerous world of her found people, the Dragonish.

Only, life is never as simple as it seems.

A Destiny controlled by ancient legends, plagued by rumors, attacked by an unknown nemesis, Star realizes that she will play a larger part in her Quad. It is up to her to protect...

The Dragon Weir

DOGSPELL
Lizzie T. Leaf

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Comedy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-389-1
Price: $3.99

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Has Randall McAllister gone to the dogs?

Once again, his witchy teenage sisters screwed up a spell at his expense, leaving him a black Scottie. Doing what comes naturally to dogs, he collides with the car of the town veterinarian. Living with the compassionate Amanda Livingston, he discovers the love of his dreams.

Will he spend his life as a lap dog to the woman he knows is his soul mate, or will he be able to break the dog spell?

EGYPTIAN NIGHTS
Jennifer Mueller

Mainstream Romance: Fantasy, Time Travel, Historical/Period, Suspense/Mystery, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-386-0
Price: $2.99

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A horrible death, an even bigger mistake by the gods of Ancient Egypt, a modern day woman is trapped in a life not her own, but even in death beginnings can happen.

CARL'S STORY
Kissa Starling

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, BDSM
ISBN: 978-1-60435-367-9
Price: $1.99

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A poor body image and public play at the Dungeon don't mix so what's a submissive to do?

Sylvie and Carl used to be prominent play partners at the dungeon. Fast forward to three kids later and Sylvie is ashamed of her once perfect body. Carl understands that restoring her self confidence is his responsibility but he's not sure how to do it. When her body issues affect their marriage he knows that it's time for drastic action. An upcoming birthday provides him not only with the perfect time but the perfect solution to their problems as well...

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TEMPTING NEAL
Marilyn Lee

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural, Rubenesque/BBW
ISBN: 978-1-60435-382-2

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When Tasha arrives home from work one night to find Neal has sent her a beautiful, apple-green chemise, she suspects he's ready to become her lover.

After his return from an extended business trip, he finds the full-figured Tasha ready to tempt him in a way he finds impossible to resist.

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July Monthly Contest

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One Lucky Winner will receive:

Red Rose Publishing gift basket
Signed print copy of Mountain's Echo by Debbie Gould
eBook (PDF format) of Chicken Fried Beefsteak by Carolyn Gregg
eBook (PDF format) of Betraying the Prince by Debra Kayn
Signed print copy of Acknowledging Meirion by Zenobia Renquist
eBook download of Fiji on Fire, Fiji on Ice by Eve Summers
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Duration: July 01 - 31, 2009 (EST)

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Finn - A Trailer, A Mini Contest, A Hint of Things to Come

2009-07-18T06:00:00.001-04:00

Finn - available now and getting rave reviews!

Critter Nymph at Literary Nymphs says "I loved this book."

Also:

Finn's trailer is over at LASR's Whipped Cream site on Monday 7/20 - stop by and answer their question for an entry in the weekly drawing

Answer my Finn question, email the answer to me at ravenesperanza@yahoo.com and I'll put you in the drawing for a magnet and signed bookmark taking place Monday evening (7/20):

What's the name of Diego's ex?

Summer's still going strong but soon we'll be looking towards the holidays - watch for a Finn story around the wassail and misteltoe season.

DOUBLE OUT AND BACK COMING AUGUST 13

2009-07-17T06:13:00.001-04:00

Double Out and Back by Lisa Lipkind Leibow will be available as an e-book from Red Rose Publishing on August 13, 2009.
Be among the first to read it!

Not every woman who rides the fertility treatment roller coaster winds up like Octomom.

Who will find friends, family, and fertility?
Three women’s lives are intricately intertwined, as Amelia Schwartz and Summer Curtis struggle with the complex dynamics of intrafamily embryo adoption, and Chandy Markum strives to make her patients’ dreams a reality.

After more than a decade, of mourning her parents’ deaths, anal-retentive Amelia Schwartz decides to take control of her life, pursuing single motherhood via embryo adoption. While her fertility doctor, Chandy, is preoccupied with the destruction of the cosmopolitan Cape Town of her youth and her first love in apartheid-torn South Africa, believing all is lost, her niece, a young, married, overachieving attorney Summer Curtis, juggles zealous career ambitions, demanding bosses, and friction with her husband over family and fertility issues. They must confront the painful reality that, no matter what technology humans devise to manipulate reproduction, prolong life, and construct family units, they have not yet mastered control over their beginnings and endings.

Thrown all into this is one story that can make or break. Are you up to it?

New Releases 16 July

2009-07-16T06:15:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ July 16, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

PURE HEAVEN
The Legends of Loving, Texas Anthology
Jenette DuPris

Erotic Romance: Western, Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-373-0
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When her uncle left her in the dust of Loving, Texas, Honey Carrington survived by keeping house at the Moonlight Hotel, all the while dreaming of marrying a respectable rancher. But dangerous is the only word for tall, dark and handsomeTexas Ranger, Brett Masters. She's drawn by the velvet caress of his voice, but becomes suspicious of his admiring appraisal of her when he warns his friends she belongs to him.

With a risky job like Brett's, and still on the hunt for rogue werewolves who killed his parents, he figures love can only leave a widow. Leader of the wolf pack, he never expected to find his mate, until he met Honey.

Now he must prove in front of witnesses, according to the pack law love ritual, that she belongs to him. When her life is threatened, he must protect her at all cost from the last of the rogue werewolves. But can he?

MISTRESS OF THE WILD
The Daughters of the Dagda Collection: Book 4
Rorrey Lynch

Mainstream Romance: Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-361-7
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Phoebe, the Mistress of the Wild, protector of untamed beasts, orphans and society's cast-offs, quickly falls under the enchantments of Africa's magical Okavango Delta and a black wilderness guide named Peter. But the timeless magic is quickly overshadowed by her tormented visions . . . visions of betrayal and danger.

Peter is sure that the prophecies of the Wise Ones are coming true. Suddenly confronted with rogue elephants, problem leopards, venomous snakes and bush fires, Peter, who knows the Delta like the back of his hand, believes that the darkest threats are those that invade his dreams. Though irresistibly beautiful, Phoebe, the white huntress, might be the very demon of the prophecies of the Wise Ones . . . the woman who will end his life.

Into the darkness, Phoebe and Peter will be drawn into the clutches of her father's treacherous enemy.

Cornered by supernatural soldiers of evil and the echoes of betrayal that enslaved her people thousands of years ago, can they defy the prophecies and forge a powerful union that will change the world?

LE SAINT
Sarah Masters

Erotic Romance: Paranormal, BDSM
ISBN: 978-1-60435-362-4
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Brought to Madam V's remote dominatrix castle by a calling and yen to start a new life, Thlya Straus falls in love with Will and discovers that destiny had more in store for her than she could have ever imagined—by turning her into a wolf.

Thyla learns a well-kept secret and is forced to make a decision. Can Thyla fully join the pack at the castle and fulfill prophesized events? Or will she turn her back on what, in her former life, she would have deemed insanity—and ultimately turn her back on Will, the love of her life?

Fate deems Thyla Le Saint, but only Thyla can agree to own such a title and lead the pack—by becoming a wolf herself. However, Thyla's transformation means that Madam V's life will be expunged.

MAXWELL'S MANSION
Donna McClaire

Erotic Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-370-9
Price: $5.99

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Brenda Maxwell's new interior design client tells her to "paint, wallpaper, whatever" his hundred-year-old landmark mansion, "but for God's sake, don't go overboard." When she figures her grandiose plans will fit handily into his edict's "whatever" section, she launches them into a constant head-bumping mode.

Brenda's poor money management skills (that's his view, but what does he know?) and lawyer David Hasbrough's ridiculous need to control her life (that's her well-reasoned evaluation of the situation) combine to keep the battle going. Add a dollop of "the other woman's" interference, throw in secrets about the house and both their pasts, fold in a dab of parental abuse and a pinch of good old-fashioned mistrust, and you have a recipe for disaster. Is this couple's romantic goose cooked?

Well, he is a great guy. Headstrong, maybe, but she can't be near him without sparks flying and goose bumps popping out everywhere. Yet—well, that mansion has to be done right!

VEGAS STRIP
Lisa Perry

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Comedy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-387-7
Price: $1.99

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"Face Your Fears… Vegas Style!"

Small-town girl, Samantha Monroe heads to Las Vegas for a new and exciting life. But her ethical career path falls short in Sin City, and a proposition for "one night, one dance" at the Pole Position could give her the financial boost she needs to survive. If only she overcomes her sudden fear of big-city stage-fright.

Brady Buchanan, young, impressionable pro-footballer is in town and dragged to the Pole Position by his teammates. But watching the attractive woman onstage make a complete fool of herself is too much for even QB Buchanan to handle.

Brady may be the man to steer Samantha towards a fulfilling career, all the while facing her fears… and his fantasies.

FIJI ON FIRE, FIJI ON ICE
Eve Summers

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-368-6
Price: $2.99

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Why would a massage session in a Fiji holiday resort make Tanya the Ice Queen so sex-starved that she would actually consider paying for sex?

It can't be her project of researching Internet dating sites! Those losers wouldn't be able to turn on a woman even if she came complete with an ON switch.

It can't be the delicious island cocktails of tropical fruit, cream and vodka... even if their names (like Sex On The Beach and Hot Screaming Orgasm) make you blush when you order them.

What is making Tanya lose her focus? Could it be the tight black jeans on the tight black arse of Randy Andy, the alleged con artist?

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PROMISES
LaVerne Thompson

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-925-1
Price: $6.49

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Can the promise of love withstand the test of time?

Childhood friends, David and Mia know there is something special, something different about their friendship. But then David moves away and whatever that something is they never have the chance to explore.

Mia waits twelve years for David to come back to her, knowing deep in her heart that one day he would. She made him a promise the day he left, she would wait for him, and she kept it.

Unbeknownst to her, he has also. He never forgets her. Not where it counts, in his heart. Now he has to prove it to her.

Unforgettable or is it a game he is playing?

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TEMPTING NEAL
Marilyn Lee

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural, Rubenesque/BBW
ISBN: 978-1-60435-382-2

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When Tasha arrives home from work one night to find Neal has sent her a beautiful, apple-green chemise, she suspects he's ready to become her lover.

After his return from an extended business trip, he finds the full-figured Tasha ready to tempt him in a way he finds impossible to resist.

Details

A special bogo (buy one, get one) offer to celebrate Red Rose™ Publishing's 2nd Anniversary!
Buy any RRP ebook and you get the PDF format of Tempting Neal FREE.
THIS IS NOT AUTOMATIC. Customer MUST add Tempting Neal to their shopping cart BEFORE checking out.
Offer only valid on the RRP website.
Paypal will error out if you attempt to purchase Tempting Neal alone.
Offer expires 01 August 2009 EST.
HTML, LIT, and PRC formats will be made available for purchase 01 August 2009.

July Monthly Contest

Prize

One Lucky Winner will receive:

Red Rose Publishing gift basket
Signed print copy of Mountain's Echo by Debbie Gould
eBook (PDF format) of Chicken Fried Beefsteak by Carolyn Gregg
eBook (PDF format) of Betraying the Prince by Debra Kayn
Signed print copy of Acknowledging Meirion by Zenobia Renquist
eBook download of Fiji on Fire, Fiji on Ice by Eve Summers
Chocolate bar from Sheniqua Waters

Duration: July 01 - 31, 2009 (EST)

How to Play:

Once you've confirmed everyone's orders, get the drink list to the bartender.

All valid entries are entered into a lottery on August 01, 2009.

Winner notified and announced on the website, blog, readers' loop, and other annoucement locations August 02, 2009.

Click HERE to Play

New Releases 09 July

2009-07-09T05:39:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ July 09, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

RAQUEL'S ABEL
Leigh Barbour

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Rubenesque/BBW, Comedy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-355-6
Price: $4.99

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Between her grandmother, who insists she's Anastasia Romanov, the thirty-bedroom mansion she can't afford, and the one hundred-fifty pounds she needs to lose, Raquel thinks she's going crazy.

Abel Rollins, the ghost only Raquel's grandmother can see, has a different opinion. He loves Raquel the way she is and he sets out to make sure she doesn't have that surgery. According to Abel, hospitals are bad news. After all, he died in one from mustard gas in World War I.

THE DARKHORSE CONSPIRACY
The Special Agent Series: Book 3
Betty Ann Harris

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
ISBN: 978-1-60435-353-2
Price: $2.99

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Sexy FBI Special Agent James Kelly is assigned to the Stephanie Alexander case. Stephanie is an international journalist who is missing, and under very suspicious circumstances. In a story that takes you from NYC to Costa Rica to Washington, DC, James must not only find her, but defray a terroristic threat against our nation. It's packed full with thrills, suspense, and romance.

JEN'S TALE
Christopher Newman

Erotic Romance: Science Fiction/Futuristic
ISBN: 978-1-60435-358-7
Price: $2.99

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Is love enough to save us?

Jennifer Allen is not who she seems to be. Her friends, family, and neighbors all think they know the twenty-six year old automobile engineer, but they couldn’t be more wrong.

Jen isn’t even human. Sent by her government to explore the Earth and it’s global warming crisis she is to report back if conditions are right for her aquatic species to colonize the world.

She is dedicated to her mission, until she meets Brent Ashcroft, a handsome and sexy biology graduate student. Jen can’t deny her attraction to him. Will she endanger herself by loving Brent or will she help usher in an alien invasion?

NORTHERN EXPOSURE
Three Sisters Series: Book 2
Stephanie Williams

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-375-4
Price: $2.99

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For the first time, Brittany Reese is going to take an actual non-working vacation. Being the owner and publisher of Colorful Travels Magazine, her job allows her to travel all over the globe. However it's always work. Well, this time it's all about her. Her destination—Finland.

Yeah, of all places. It wasn't planned, it just happened thanks to a certain ex. Oh well, she wasn't going to shop anyway, this was more like a Sabbatical. Although she loved her career, there was still something missing. She didn't know if it was work or her lack luster love life. But she was going to find out and Finland was perfect. Drama free.

Sebastian Jalo never believed in fate. But seeing the dark beauty on his favorite clothing optional beach was making him a believer. This was the fourth time in as many years that he's seen her, but he never got a chance to approach her, she was always busy. Well this time was as better time as any.

Besides, he could use a little excitement in his life. Being a graphic artist for the Government of Finland didn't actually scream party!

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Marilyn Lee

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2009-07-06T17:44:00.009-04:00

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DRAGON HEAT
Dragon Series: Book 1
Missy Lyons

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-061-6
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Word Count: 62,800
Release Date: February 28, 2008

Can destiny be fulfilled or will she deny what is her heritage?

Alyssa lost everything, first her mother, then her father, her money, and even her title. She came back from Europe for her father’s funeral only to find herself thrown in jail on trumped up charges. She escaped prison and found herself embraced by the Elisaid, a group of women who were the last of the cursed Druid descendants.

They believe she is prophesied to break their curse. They teach her the ways of a warrior and Alyssa discovers she has a secret heritage and a gift for magic. It was the perfect way to get her revenge on the man who marked her and stole everything from her. She had no interest in love or anything to do with men, only revenge.

Prince Xanther has a responsibility to his people, or he would never have sought out the Elisaid. His father’s life is at stake, and someone is trying to overthrow the throne. Xanther recognizes Alyssa at first sight as one of his people, and decided then and there to claim her as his own. She is marked as a dragon, by the house of Sinclair.

He is compelled to show her what true pleasure she can feel in his arms, until destiny rips them apart.

Can she deny him or her secret heritage?

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New Releases 02 July

2009-07-02T06:40:00.001-04:00

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SEEKING SIR GWAIN
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When Gwain rode away from Fletcher Manor, Keith knew he'd lost more than the nephew he'd fostered since he'd been a child. He'd lost the only man he'd ever called son as well as his best friend. Keith's decision to find Gwain led him to the 21st century, only to be followed by the cousin of Gwain's son, William, who offered to find William's father. Although Ian time traveled many years after Keith, they have arrived in the 21st century weeks within each other.

Emily and Julie are both alone and living together. Although Emily is interested in a sexual relationship, Julie just wants male companionship. It seems that Ian and Keith are the answer to each of their prayers.

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Sanity is relative and the world has room for more than one truth.

When Diego rescues a naked man from the rail of the Brooklyn Bridge, he just wants to get the poor man out of traffic and over to social services. He gets more than he bargained for when Finn turns out to be an ailing pooka, poisoned by the pollution of the city. To help him recover, Diego takes him north to New Brunswick where Finn inadvertently wakes an ancient, evil spirit, the wendigo.

While Diego and Finn struggle to find a way to destroy the wendigo before it can possess Diego or kill nearby innocents, Diego wrestles with his growing passion for Finn. Can they succeed in destroying the monster and in navigating a relationship between a modern man and a centuries-old fairy?

GIVING IN TO CHARITY
Sweetbrier Academy Series: Book 3
Nancy O'Berry

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Across the plains of 1870’s Wyoming an extraordinary house exists called Sweetbrier Academy. The young ladies are educated in the social graces of any wealthy debutante. They can play the spinet, embroider, discuss politics and issues of importance. But, when the lights go down they know how to make use of their hidden talents and bring the utmost pleasure. Come and meet Charity.

When Opal Benedict offers Charity Wilson a chance to further her horizons, she travels to Virginia City and accepts the job of personal secretary for the wealthy J.T. Meriwether unaware of the tension between the business man and his partner. Here she plans to sort out her personal life and better herself. Charity becomes entangled in a souring love affair that may exact the highest price of all when she falls for the soft spoken Silver Baron. Can Tobias Meriwether over come his dark past and fulfill their destiny?

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Nicole L. Pierce

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Famous Psychic Miracle Swanson can read everyone’s aura but her own.

When Blake walks into Miracle Swanson's office she is shocked and aroused, but saddened. Blake’s son had died in a car accident and he blames himself. When he walks out on their session, Miracle chases him and begs him for a sexual encounter. He turns her down at first, not wanting to indulge in pleasures since his son’s death. When he gets into a mysterious accident, Miracle goes to his house, against his will, to nurse him back to health. He gives in to his strange and wild attraction to her, teaching her all about sex…including kink.

But somebody wants him dead and Miracle needs to use her powers to solve the mystery. Blake thinks it could be his ex-wife who blames him for Riley’s death as much as he blames himself. But Miracle doesn’t think so. She is feeling a dark and dangerous stranger. As Blake slowly comes to believe in the afterlife and sees and hears his son, he is ready to move on with his love. But will a force beyond their control stop them from ever being together?

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Josie St. Marie

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When she discovers her sister missing from a Las Vegas hotel suite, Layla Horn ventures into the barren wilderness of Death Valley to seek out the man into whose protection her sister was running. Rafferty Carwill knows nothing about his friend Chayla's current troubles and subsequent disappearance, but when her sister Layla arrives, weary and sunburned, at his door his Dominant desires clamor for fulfillment. Thrown together because of tragedy, these two strong people must battle their fears in order to embrace a rare love they both crave.

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Ginger Simpson

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For reasons unknown to Meagan Murphy, her father won’t allow her to date anyone in uniform. Through her volunteer efforts at the USO, she meets Ryan Cullen and throws caution to the wind.

Ryan only has a short time before his unit is shipped overseas, and they have to make the most of the time they have left together. Ryan deploys, but not before he puts a ring on her finger and asks her to wait.

Will he return and win her hand from her father, or are all those newscasts on the nightly radio about casualties in Ryan’s unit warning her to prepare herself for the worst?

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Marilyn Lee

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When Tasha arrives home from work one night to find Neal has sent her a beautiful, apple-green chemise, she suspects he's ready to become her lover.

After his return from an extended business trip, he finds the full-figured Tasha ready to tempt him in a way he finds impossible to resist.

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2009-07-02T06:36:00.001-04:00

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What the Heck's a Pooka Anyway?

2009-06-27T06:00:00.002-04:00

The short answer is opinions differ. In folktales, the pooka takes numerous forms and his habits vary depending on the story and the teller. A few things we know for certain:

~The pooka is a uniquely Irish spirit or fae
~He is a shapeshifter who has problems with plain, un-garnished truth
~He is most associated with mountaintops and streams

Even the origin of the name is questionable. Pooka could be derived from the Old Irish, púca, meaning ‘fairy’, the Old Norse, puke, ‘nature spirit’, or an old Gaelic word poc, ‘billy goat’. Does that last one seem farfetched? Not when we know the pooka’s favorite forms. Most people familiar with the stories know about the pooka’s horse form but he also appears in different parts of Ireland as a big, black goat with curling horns, a black eagle with a massive wingspan, a deformed little goblin, or even as a human traveler.

Pooka/human relations have been rather dysfunctional for many centuries. In the pre-Christian past, the pooka was revered and respected as part of the Irish horse cults and as a nature spirit, brought offerings, asked advice. He obviously misses that and resents being shuffled into the realm of folklore. Meeting the sleek, black horse with the glowing eyes at night means being swept up and dumped in the nearest bog rather than having a civil conversation. Forgetting to leave out offerings of grain or milk means the Irish farmer may find his fences knocked down, his livestock scattered, his hens too frightened to lay and his cows’ milk curdled.

It’s important to note that the pooka never actually harms humans. His mischief may be malicious and frightening at times but he stops short of anything more serious than vandalism or a good scare. When treated with respect, he has been known to answer questions and give sound advice. He even seems to crave human company from time to time, appearing out of the dark as a weary traveler who will come in if invited and spin fantastic tales for his hosts before disappearing again into the night.

The only man ever to tame the pooka horse was the High King Brian Boru, who made a magic bridle using three hairs from the pooka’s tail so he would not be thrown off, and rode the poor thing to exhaustion. He then demanded that the pooka promise to stop vandalizing Christian property and to leave Irishman traveling at night alone so long as they were sober and not abroad with evil intentions. To me, this always seemed like the act of a bully but he got his promise and, for a time, the mischief stopped. Eventually, the pooka returned to old habits which could mean he simply lied so Brian would leave him alone, that he forgot his promise, or that he believed he had made the promise only to that one human, which became null and void after the death of the High King.

So from all these bits and pieces was born Finn, my own favorite pooka. Since the pooka can take any shape, why not tall, dark, and handsome? And from all the stories, why not one who is both largely puzzled and helplessly fascinated by humans? Add to that a fertile imagination, a prodigious sex drive, a sense of curiosity any cat would be proud of, and a wicked sense of humor, and we have our Finn.

Come read more about him (and, oh, yes, Diego, too) on our release day next week, July 2, 2009.

Finn from Red Rose Publishing

Scenes From A Love Song: O.K - A Tale of Sail and Sea

2009-06-24T14:28:00.045-04:00

by Shirin Dubbin

They’d hired the pirates to do security.

That wasn’t the problem.

No one worked the surf and sand the way the pirates did and with their SLA hogs (SEA•LAND•AIR Harleys) they bore down on trouble faster than the flicker of a mermaid’s tail—no matter what the terrain. Deeper, their salty dog attitudes exuded a misstep-and-lose-a-fin aura. That was incentive enough to stay in line, since most merfolk rather liked their fins in their natural born positions. Illyria, Ria if you knew her well, definitely did. The humans tended to be just as particular about fingers and toes.

The Bride’s position was understandable as well. If Ria’s own wedding—to a human Ambassador no less—were under threat of a wereshark chomping, and the pirates were on speed dial, she’d have called them in too. Who wouldn’t?

That wasn’t the problem.

Heated memories sent waves of pleasure to parts of her body she’d rather not have pebble or throb while in public. The depths take him.

She shook off the effects just in time to sidestep a hiding-and-seeking throng of children, spun on the ball of one foot and gracefully offered the platter of shrimp she carried to the Bride and Groom.

The Groom glimpsed her pearlescent green feet beneath the whirling skirt hem and worried whether his children would switch from tail to foot as easily as merfolk. His expression didn't betray him. He smiled and took from the selection with thanks. Ria winked at the Bride, sharing the Groom’s thoughts with her good friend telepathically. The husband-to-be had no reason to worry.

She moved on, serving guests as she met them and answering questions where she could. The excitement buzzing through the collective minds of the celebrants zig-zagged through her in bursts of energy. She’d been unable to put her physic shields up since the pirates arrived and, the depths take them, the ruffians wouldn’t stop singing. Not so bad if they'd known more than one repetitious song—an off-key ode to a pirate’s true love and the sea.

For the umpteenth time that day Ria contemplated ways of ending the cacophonous torture. Some involved a leap onto sharp rocks, others the shooting of a gun followed by ‘Arrrgh, she got me.’

Still, that wasn’t the problem.

The problem went by the name of Jinn, King of the Pirates.

Jinn. How could any one creature be so– Ahhh, she groaned. Jinn. The Pirate King had earned the moniker well. Whatever he promised he delivered, be it riches, death or forbidden pleasures, and like a genie, a D’jinn, when he didn’t want to be seen POOF he’d be gone.

Oh that Jinn, with eyes far too pretty for a man, a body too gorgeous to be ignored—it needed to be licked—and an aura of power so– She sighed. Why, by the great wet world, would Poseidon grant such pretty eyes to a man this dangerous. It was a crime against the chastity of all girly types, land, sea and air.

Was an eye patch too much to ask for?

The Problem in question chose that moment to fix her with his aquamarine gaze. Don’t say a word. She begged him with her mind. Please. Don’t speak.

Images from the night before flooded her senses: his hard body pressed to her back; the fingers of his hand splayed across her belly sliding deliciously down; and the heat of his lips at her ear. She’d surrendered to him in that moment, gills to fin. Yet he hadn’t taken her, bless him for that. He had, however, made love to her mind in languid psychic thrusts that left her branded forever his.

She couldn’t allow him to speak to her again. When a man held a mermaid in his thrall, as he did her, anything he asked for she’d do. Anything. Even become his shipside harlot. Thank Poseidon he’d only whispered a name when he’d held her. And thanks again that they’d been interrupted.

“Nice mermaids don’t lust after Pirates,” the Bride teased. Ria laughed, grateful yet again for an interruption.

Jinn shot her a slow grin and inclined his head. The row of sterling silver rings he wore in one ear tinkled with the motion. The piercings grew increasingly smaller as they followed the curve of his ear up from the lobe, contrasting nicely with his dark skin and long black hair. He held it back from his face with a vermillion bandana, the knot tied to the right. Who knew this shade of red, aquamarine eyes and brown skin went so well together.

Jinn did.

He took a seat on the sand, surrounded by his crew. The name he’d whispered to her the night before reasserted itself in her head. Who was it? And what did it mean?

The pirates continued to sing, “…no one but his love and the sea
My own sweet lass is a pirate’s jewel
As fine a maid as can be”

Hoots of warning from the lookouts announced the arrival of the weresharks. Dorsal fins circled, cutting the waves just beyond the beach. Jinn lifted a hand and his men moved silently into position, drawing cutlasses, daggers and dirks. Some climbed nearby rock formations and trained their blunderbusses, handheld cannons, on the churning waters. The Groom moved his men into formation as a second line of defense. They stood at the ready.

Rising from his position on the sand Jinn turned to face the beach, his arms crossed over his chest. The boarding axe strapped to his back gleamed deadly in the lamp glow and firelight.

Ria set down the platter of shrimp. The Bride moved up beside her and linked their arms. She smiled reassuringly and they waited.

That smile confirmed it. The Bride wasn’t worried at all. She had spent a year on Jinn’s ship as a pirate’s apprentice while running from the kind of trouble only beautiful women landed in. Evil Uncles—why was it always the uncles—sorceresses, wereshark Warlords who wouldn’t accept no for an answer and once upon a ... and so forth.

Jinn taught the Bride his craft but never laid more than a brotherly hand on her. The Bride swore it. She never lied. She said he rarely 'spent time' with women. Mostly when the crew forced him to seek female companionship, “Ere his foul mood be the death o’ us all.”

Why then, had he wooed her so unabashedly?

The sharks attacked. The pirates took them out with cruel efficiency. Heads rolled and fins left bodies in slicing arcs. Though fierce and bloody the battle ended faster than anyone could have hoped. Especially the dead, dying and wounded weres. Only one, the Warlord who so badly desired the Bride, made it as far as Jinn’s position on the beach.

The Pirate King swept a leg under the charging creature and knocked him face first into the sand. Sinking into a crouch he yanked the were backwards by an ankle. Impossibly fast, Jinn ripped the axe from its place on his back and separated the wereshark Warlord from his head.

All dissent silenced. Invasion over.

No one could complain the pirates were inefficient. The guests cheered, the wedding followed and the celebration lasted through the night.

This next morning the pirates loaded their SLA bikes and prepared to return to their ship. Merfolk and humans alike gathered on the beach to bid them farewell. Ria stood among them. She watched Jinn’s back and felt a melancholy settle over her.

Nice mermaids don’t lust after pirates she reminded herself.

The pirates sang, “My own sweet lass is a pirate’s jewel
As fine a maid as can be," and Pirate King turned to her.

Don’t say a word. Ria closed her eyes and pleaded. Please. Don’t speak.

Anything he asked of her she’d do.

“No one knows the true name of a pirate mon
No one but his love and the sea
My own sweet lass is a pirate’s jewel
As fine a maid as can be”

Ria opened one eye. Jinn, the only man who held her in thrall, offered her his hand. Nothing moved.

“Come with me, heart o’ mine?" He nodded, the gesture loaded with unspoken meaning. "You already know my true name.”

Ria answered without thought, on a joyful exhale. “O.K”

Jinn unleashed his slow grin, “O.K”

She ran past him and dove into the sea. When legs and feet became tail and fin Ria rose above the waters in her true form, a teasing glint in her eyes.

“Bet I beat you to your ship,” she said and flipped back into the waves. She trusted her love to follow.

“O.K” He chuckled, hopped on his Harley and raced her across the sea and into the sunset.

Inspiration: O.K by Ani DiFranco

Hope you liked SFALS: O.K - A Tale of Sail and Sea. Check out my urban fantasy romance, Keeper of the Way

New Releases 18 June

2009-06-18T06:19:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ June 18, 2009 ~

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SPUR OF THE MOMENT
Legends of Loving, Texas Anthology
Kaitey Benoit

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Selecting a mail order bride is best for the community, but Todd Blake is uncomfortable selecting a bride on a whim. Katie Bronson's erotic daydream distracts her during her daily run, and she slips, rolls down a hill and lands back in time.

UNTIL THE END OF TIME
J.M. Dunnigan

Mainstream Romance: Historical/Period
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Will love stand the test of time?

Julie, a five-year-old peasant girl in Scotland, unknowingly meets young Prince Draco of her kingdom. During this brief moment and at this young age, each knows they are destined. Not until years later, when they are reacquainted, does their unique love truly begin. Their love grows stronger through all the tribulations they endure until the ultimate sacrifice has to be made.

SOMETHING SWEET
Piper Evyns

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Greg Howe used to be such a sweet boy, but a bad experience over seas has left him scarred and skittish. Forced to return home to help out at the family Sugar Shack, Greg is confronted with his old friend Alex, who he hasn't spoken to in ten years. The bitterness of their lost friendship fades away as Alex helps Greg struggle to cope with his pain, while rebuilding their old closeness...and something more.

TO A FOREIGN SHORE
N.A.L. Gauthier

Mainstream Romance: Historical/Period
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Prim Hannah departs from the stifling afternoon teas that symbolize her tame life, and sets on a path to adventure. Australia - and a dashing, debonair new husband will assuredly change her life.

And it all does change, adventures are about the unexpected. Young Hannah never expected the like of a Hugh Nelson, First Mate… nor the darkness of one soul she'd come to trust.

From the Themes to the Bass Strait and beyond, her life is never again tame…

REUNION: TIES OF BLOOD
Fianna Leighton

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy
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With her land torn apart by shuddering earthquakes and unseasonable storms, Iya Neveah finds she is more than just 'one of the guards' as her brother Aryis, King of Arudor, barters her for an alliance with the Silvermane brothers.

More than just the ruling family of Londeshardeen, they are also elves, creatures long thought to be extinct. Not only do the elves still exist, but darker minions of the earth as well, suddenly free to terrorize the world amidst the chaos already wreaking havoc in their lives.

Iya, her brothers Aryis and Tan, and, to her discomfort, the elves as well, must defeat the nemesis that will rise to meet them; a terror they thought defeated long ago.

But will they be able to?

RINGSIDE
Three Sisters Series: Book 1
Stephanie Williams and LaVerne Thompson

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
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Has she found answers or just more lies?

Atlanta's life was spiraling out of control, until she read a self-help book by an older woman whose words could have been her own life story. But she needed to talk to the woman for herself and tracked her down.

Hank Gaines former middle-weight boxing champion had seen it all and done most of it. Finally walking away from his fame, he thought he could help others, but no one wanted to read about life choices from a man's point of view. Certainly not the women who could benefit most. Hank had no choice but to use a pseudonym, a female one. He never regretted it more than when the brown eyed beauty walked into his bar one night, one look in those soulful eyes, and he was knocked out for the count.

Will Hank's deception cost him the love of his life?

Trailer for Double Out and Back

2009-06-17T10:00:00.002-04:00

The road to publication is exciting. I have focused for so long on developing my fiction-writing craft. Seeing my dream of having characters I created come to life in readers' imaginations as they page through my novel is just around the corner. In the meantime, enjoy the video trailer!

Double Out and Back by Lisa Lipkind Leibow is coming soon from Red Rose Publishing.

New Releases 11 June

2009-06-11T07:22:00.002-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ June 11, 2009 ~

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Á LA WOLF
Sanctuary Moon: Second Howl
Melody Knight

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal (Shifter)
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Vixen is cool, interesting, in control. Too bad that Vixen is really Esther, a werewolf with aspirations to better things. In an attempt to spice up her life, she decides to visit The Fold, a nightclub with a dubious reputation. The place is notorious, as well as being the monthly starting point for The Hunt. When The Hunt goes wrong, Esther's rescuer is someone much closer to her heart than she ever suspected. What she's actually hunting for isn't Vixen, but Gregor, the wolf, and man, of her dreams.

Gregor has loved Esther ever since he can remember. He doesn't even hold the fact she changed him into a werewolf against her. In fact, he perceives it as an advantage—nobody understands Esther the way he does. When Esther gets tired of playing it safe, and disappears to join in The Hunt, Gregor goes after her to stop her before she does something she will forever regret.

IN BLOOD AND WORTH LOVING
Marilyn Lee

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire), Rubenesque/BBW, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-359-4
Price: $4.99

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What does a good girl gone bad do when the bad boy of her choice doesn’t want to be bad with her?

Brandi Knight spent years dating safe, predictable men who left her emotionally unmoved and physically dissatisfied. One look at the tall, handsome, Native American Adrian Redwolfe and Brandi knows she’s minutes away from having her most sensual fantasies fulfilled. Or she will be once she convinces Adrian that he hasn’t lived until he’s spent a weekend with a passionate, full-figured woman.

After countless years of meaningless relationships vampire bad boy Adrian Redwolfe is ready to settle down. When his niece convinces him she knows a woman capable of becoming his blood or perfect mate, he agrees to a weekend rendezvous. Envisioning a slender, gorgeous, green-eyed blond, he’s furious to find Brandi waiting at his family’s cabin. However, within minutes of meeting her, Adrian experiences a powerful physical and emotional response. What’s a bad boy vampire to do when he meets an enchanting and unforgettable plus-sized plain-Jane with miles of warm, dark skin who is nothing like his ideal woman?

EENIE MEENIE
Gail Smith

Mainstream Fiction: Horror/Gothic
ISBN: 978-1-60435-341-9
Price: $0.99

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Something lives in the big black plastic garbage bag. Something that isn't human. Something that depends on the goodwill of others to provide it with food. Fortunately, it's not particular if its meal is dead, long dead... or alive.

A WILL TO LOVE
Kim Smith

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-344-0
Price: $2.99

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Benton Jessup wants his bed and breakfast to be successful. He will go to any lengths to ensure that it does.

When Kitty Beebe, a famous romance author, arrives at The Inn, his desire for success becomes a struggle of wills with love.

Debra Kayn on "Betraying the Prince" New at Red Rose Publishing!

2009-06-08T15:31:00.003-04:00

One of the highest compliments a writer can get is having a reader admit to laughing out loud, crying, sighing, getting angry or whatever the emotion is that you want conveyed in the words that you use.

This past Thursday, I had my first book, Betraying the Prince, published. To my surprise, Fiona Vance, author of Submission, bought my book and sent me an email with the following review which made my day.

Wow, what a great book! I just loved the Antakian princess, Celina, who comes to the US from a middle eastern kingdom with different rules and customs, and stirs up the hero, Drake. I just loved the fishing boat scene… LOL! Drake is a yummy hero, and there’s an underlying mystery that Celina has to solve to learn about who she is and what she wants… and Drake is just the man to help her. And then you’ll cry as hard as you laughed. This book had me up until 2:30 this morning, because I couldn’t put it down! …Fiona Vance, Author of Submission

Betraying the Prince is available now at Red Rose Publishing.

http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=190&products_id=413

Excerpt #3

“Let’s get this party started.” Drake bowed at the waist. “Do you want to dance, Princess Celina?”

She nodded without breaking eye contact. Her breath came in a desperate rhythm at the thought of him holding her. She wrapped her arms around his neck. The music played soft, slow. His arms held her, pressed her up against his chest. The motion of her dress against his stiff dress coat added to the friction sparking within her. Her hips took on a movement all their own, resembling the left, circle, right of the only kind of dancing she knew.

“Celina….”

She lifted her head off Drake’s chest. She caught the musky scent of his cologne, and the wildest urge to bury her nose in his neck to inhale the very essence of him hit her.

“Will you wait after the party?”

“Of course. I will do anything you ask of me.”

The arm holding Celina flinched, and Drake stopped moving his feet. She stood in the middle of the room with her arms still around him.

“What’s wrong? Did I say something?”

“No. It isn’t you. I need to know if you understand what I am asking you. You do want to be with me, right?”

“Of course….” Celina couldn’t finish; Drake’s finger came up to touch her lips.

“That’s not what I mean. I only want you to wait for me if it is what you want to do. Not because you were taught to please a man. It’s okay to say no.”

Celina stepped back. Drake’s arms fell to his sides. She cocked her head and frowned. Didn’t he understand?

New Releases June 04

2009-06-04T06:04:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ June 04, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

KEEPER OF THE WAY
Shirin Dubbin

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-345-7
Price: $2.99

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Aftermath cleaner, Nia Mora, is destined to die—tonight. Severin, the inscrutable and utterly delicious harbinger of death has already arrived to bear witness… but damn his duty. He will not stand by and watch. Not when Nia Mora may be the Fae's last hope of survival.

Damn Severin and his heroic delusions. Fae-tech mogul, Zan Wynn, is equally drawn to Nia'Mora and as the quintessential--yes, those are your panties dropping--bad boy he can't be bothered to play fair.

Oblivious to her doom, Nia Mora's concern is for the missing Way, the very essence of the Fae and the reason they are trapped in the mortal world. That and the small matter of remaining single when she can't deny Severin's power over her or Zan Wynn's hypnotic pull. But is the nefarious Wynn a second potential mate or the prelude to her destruction?

BETRAYING THE PRINCE
Desert Rose Anthology
Debra Kayn

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Desert Rose, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-340-2
Price: $3.99

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Raised by the Prince of Antaka, Celina Rodriquez, is forced to leave the island and live life in America. Refusing to follow in the footsteps of her mother, she promises herself she will not fall for the charms of any American.

When Drake is asked to teach the Antakian princess the way women in California live, he thought he'd be busy teaching her about movies, yachting, and the local fashion. Instead he finds himself losing his heart to a woman who swears she has sexual moves that will rock his world, and thinks nothing of walking around naked.

IN HOT PURSUIT
Ms. or Mrs. QT Entertainment: Book 1
Tiffany Parker

Erotic Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-342-6
Price: $0.99

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TJ "The Snake" Robinson, the NFL superstar is in love with Tamela Marie Jones. She is the founder and CEO of QT entertainment and self-made woman of wealth. TJ has what some might consider a very controlling nature. Considering he doesn't see himself as controlling, just a man who wants to give his woman the desires of her heart. Can he change in time to keep Tamela from walking out of his life?

Tamela Marie Jones, Ms. QT entertainment watched her mother give up a lucrative career for her controlling father. What did she get for her efforts, three beautiful daughters that were the only bright light in her life and a broken heart. Can Tamela let go of old demons that threaten to have her destine to never hold on to a man for fear of losing herself?

The problem, both TJ and Tamela are very strong willed individuals. Can their strong sexual compatibility be the glue that binds them together? Or, will TJ's controlling nature, and Tamela's fear of loosing herself tear them apart?

IT'S LOVE BABY
The Gerard Sisters: 1
Josie St. Marie

Erotic Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-337-2
Price: $3.99

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Abandoned by her best friend at the beginning of a well needed vacation in Las Vegas, Blue Gerard hopes that sexy stranger Landen Avanti can help salvage her trip and turn it into a sensual escapade of new experiences.

Blue puts aside her good-girl sensibilities and dives into the bad-girl pleasures Landen offers. Landen is more than willing to pleasure the delectable Blue and turn a week of business into one of erotic fun. He willingly sheds is straight-laced persona and allows his amorous side full rein.

They both know that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but, when their week of passionate exploration comes to an end will they be able to walk away?

GOLDI
Kissa Starling

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, BDSM
ISBN: 978-1-60435-350-1
Price: $2.99

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A whole new lifestyle with bondage, whips, and leather lingerie--what's not to like?

Goldi went for a walk in the woods and ended up at the home of the three bears, the three Burson Bear football players that is. She searched through the belongings of all three men but one drew her into his psyche. The things she found in his room made her yearn for things she'd never even knew existed. Their journey began with a football game, a parade, and a well-stocked dungeon. How it ends depends on Goldi...

SUBMISSION
Fiona Vance

Erotic Romance: Historical/Period, Regency
ISBN: 978-1-60435-336-5
Price: $1.99

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Lady Juliet De Mar is a confirmed bachelorette and a member of the exclusive London Literary Club, a secret sex club for the more libidinous of the London ton.

After taunting her childhood friend and wealthy sea captain, James Wakefield, with the club's bondage games, she finds herself once again longing for him to be something other than he is--a prude with no interest in sex. At least not with her. Tired of his annual visits that always end in rejection, Juliet decides to kidnap him and bring him to his knees--and to the altar--or end their acquaintance forever.

But her plan backfires when she's kidnapped herself and taken to the docks. Blindfolded and shackled, she becomes the property of a notorious pirate, the murderous Captain Black, purchased for his pleasure.

When her deepest, erotic fantasies become a dangerous reality, will Juliet be forced into submission?

Or will she learn what she needs to know to master James?

New Releases (Print)

OF DRAGONS
Melody Knight

Mainstream Romance: Science Fiction/Futuristic, Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-951-0
Price: $9.49

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Is the dragon more than Policeman Colley can handle or will she teach him to fly high?

Ryon Colley can't understand what's happening to his life. This morning he was a policeman investigating a potential hazard: a sparking, flashing, rainbow-spitting light show in the sky overhead. The source of the odd light appeared to be an unruly-haired blonde hellion, who couldn't figure out what normal was. Her radiant display scared him, but his physical reaction to it scares him more. By lunchtime he's gone from having coarse brown hair, to sporting a head full of blond locks—and from facing felons, to fending off thousands of voracious dragonflies.

Glynt has been sent to Earth to guard the dimensional gateways, but her arrival spawns nothing but trouble. Quite accidentally, she's summoned swarms of dragonflies, and lured in captors determined to return her—clearly a mischief maker—to her own world. Only Ryon—her gilded hero and the object of her newfound dreams—can rescue her from certain death.

Can Ryon keep the fire burning in her or will it fade out?

TWO OF A KIND
Destiny Wallace

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-949-7
Price: $9.99

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Do opposites attract or do they end up going on to different things?

Sanai Jenkins meets her new neighbor Jake Miller and she's instantly attracted to the tall, blonde haired, blue-eyed sports writer. Sanai fights her attraction because she is currently dating a handsome, and more importantly black, doctor. So what if Jake is attractive, and doesn't mind that she loves a beer and a game more than most women?

Jake doesn't make it easy for Sanai to deny her feelings. He teases and tempts her and isn't put off by her judgmental mother, extremely involved older sister, and notably absent boyfriend.

How often does a man come across his perfect match?

May 2009 Contest Winners

2009-06-02T14:36:00.001-04:00

May 2009
Art Scavenger Hunt

Grand Prize Winner of June's New eBook Releases: Amanda Almanza
April Harvey Signed Print	Charlene Coyle 5 Star Chocolate	Adrienne Blue Mystery Goodie Bag
Wanda Dixon eBook Download	Margaret Sneyd eBook Download

You're Invited to Our Birthday Bash!

2009-06-01T00:01:00.003-04:00

And You Get the Gifts!

For: Shirin Dubbin, Dabra Kayn and Fiona Vance

Why: To Celebrate the Birth of Three New Authors at Red Rose Publishing

When: Starting June 1^st through Release Day, June 4^th

Where: The Love Vixens Blog http://lovevixens.blogspot.com

Come join three new authors being born at Red Rose Publishing - Shirin Dubbin, Dabra Kayn and Fiona Vance! There’s free cyber cake and punch, and you can even win three free books! (What’s a birthday party without games and prizes?)

Play Pin the Line on the Book and win a free copy of each of our three new releases…

Betraying the Prince

by Debra Kayn

Submission

by Fiona Vance

Keeper of the Way

by Shirin Dubbin

Debra Kayn, Fiona Vance, and Shirin Dubbin write in three different genres, but with one common theme...they are all full of romance! Oh...wait! There is one other tiny thing they have in common. The color green....

The Rules

Visit the Love Vixens Blog between June 1 and June 4 at noon, Pacific Time. There you'll find a blurb for each book, an erotic Regency, a spicy contemporary, and a steamy urban fantasy. After you read them, you'll see a line that appears in each of the books, each having something to do with the color green. Just match the line to the book! Piece of cake! Right?

Just leave your guess in the comments. Remember, we'd love for you to come back and keep this party rawk'n, so we're going to let you make as many guesses as you want up to June 4th. Enter as many times as you like between June 1^st and 4^thnoon PST, when we’ll draw the winning correct answer from a birthday hat. So don’t be shy, come on by! The winner will receive a .pdf copy of three books!

RSVP to: The Love Vixens, http://lovevixens.blogspot.com

June 1-4, 2009

Hope to see you there!

Fiona, Shirin, and Debra.

New Prints - May 2009 - Part Two

2009-05-29T06:00:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ May 2009 ~

New Releases (Print) - Part Two

THE SHEIKH'S PROPOSAL (Print)
Desert Rose Anthology
Jane Beckenham

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-950-3
Price: $9.99

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Will Callie learn the rules of the game or will Tariq take all?

Go or lose her job. Callie Baxter has no choice, but then does her heart have a choice when forced to face her nemeses, the man she blames for her father’s death and whom she is determined to destroy. The man, who also tugs at her heartstrings. Her mind says one thing, her body another.

Home for Sheikh Tariq bin Ahmed al Sulamein is La Isla Perfumada, an island paradise his family have ruled for 800 years. Callie’s public tirade via her newspaper column is threatening to tear all he holds dear.

For Tariq, facing Callie is a fatal error. She is the one woman who could change his future, force him from his protective world, and make him place his needs above those of his country. But Tariq is determined to control the game and play it his way, and not lose his country, or his heart.

But is there really any choice when the heart is involved? Can paradise seduce estranged hearts?

DANGEROUS OBSESSIONS (Print)
Men of Danger: Book 1
Blake Deveraux

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, GLBT (m/m), BDSM
ISBN: 978-1-60435-974-9
Price: $9.99

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What can bring a strong career Marine to his knees?

Daniel Deveraux is a man of action. He doesn't allow his life to be complicated by anything or anyone. He left the Marines after deciding that the don't-ask-don't-tell policy was more than he could abide. He returned home in search of a simple life, one devoid of the insanity he'd endured in Iraq. Love for him was a distant dream.

Brandon Matthews is an exceptional man, both in body and in mind. His magnetic personality and exceptional good looks were an impenetrable wall behind which this damaged man safely hid. His journey found him working days as a carpenter, and nights as "eye candy" at a local gay bar.

The two men find themselves on a tumultuous journey of emotional and sexual revelation that threatens to destroy them both. The intense sexual relationship binds them in a way neither one expects.

The question remains—will the deep sexual bond bring the two men together in a deep and enduring love? Or will it destroy them?

GLASSWORKS (Print)
Melody Knight

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery, Action/Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-60435-937-4
Price: $9.99

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What is the key to the mystery that Cate must find, is it Travis’ heart or something else?

Cate Rothgard doesn't like what she sees when she looks in the glass…literally. While other people view only reflected images, Cate sees far more of the past than she can sometimes bear. Her ability as a glass-seer is both a talent and a curse. When she comes to New Zealand, it is to find her reputation has preceded her, and a mystery awaits which only she can solve.

As Cate is challenged by visions of dead men, cunning murderers, and overly possessive ghosts, Travis Carrithers risks life and limb to save her. There is a killer on the loose who will allow nothing to sway him—not impassioned pleas, not family ties, not death. As the threat to Cate grows ever more desperate, Travis knows there is more at stake than survival, as he ventures body and soul to get past her fears, in his quest to kindle love and passion in Cate's frightened heart.

COUNTRY HEAT: WOLF IN SHADOWS (Print)
Biana Kingsley

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Autumn Rose 40+
ISBN: 978-1-60435-968-8
Price: $10.99

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A survivor of childhood abuse, Aubrey Woodhaus worked hard to become a success in her own eyes, turning her inherited homestead into a business selling natural products. At forty seven, she’s sad that her chance for real love has passed because of her bad choices in men and an inability to trust anyone. When she meets sexy, smart Jensen Keets, it’s lust at first sight - despite that he’s fifteen years younger than her. One night, against her better judgment, she takes him as her lover. No harm done, right? It’s just sex.

Jensen is struck by Aubrey’s independence and brains, not to mention her beauty and killer curves. It’s not just sex to him, so he indulges her impressive sensual appetite for him, while he battles through her thick wall of defenses to the devoted and gentle heart he knows is in there.

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (Print)
Marilyn Lee

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Inspirational, Interracial/Multicultural, Rubenesque/BBW
ISBN: 978-1-60435-907-7
Price: $10.49

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When the car his wife was driving was totaled by a drunken driver, David Jordan lost both his beloved wife and his faith. Diana Stuart accepts the challenge of helping him find his way back to the Lord. Along the way she hopes David will realize that his young daughter needs a step-mom.

The only problem is that David has made it clear the pretty, but full-figured Diana has no chance of being that step-mom. Diana sets out to change his mind without losing her own faith.

LUST OF A VAMPIRE (Print)
Belita Renn

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-969-5
Price: $8.99

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Can the devil and the angel be one and the same?

Selean was dying from a form of Cancer so she commits suicide. As she is dying and angel arrives to take her away.

Only this angel turns out to be Raggar Vaul, a vampire that seems inclined to torture her. Then he claimed her as his own since he saved her life. He loves her with an unexpected passion that she is happy to enjoy, still she is his prisoner.

While adjusting to living in his castle, he never warns her therefore she is unprepared for the encounters with an evil that is determined to kill her when it attacks.

Will she survive or will the evil take over all?

New Prints - May 2009 - Part One

2009-05-24T02:29:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ May 2009 ~

New Releases (Print) - Part One

NATURE'S WHIM (Print)
Aline de Chevigny

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
ISBN: 978-1-60435-960-2
Price: $7.99

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Ares was determined to become the most powerful of the old Gods. And now with Mother Nature missing, presumed dead, and the world in complete chaos, it was his chance. He never dreamed that the twenty first century could hold so much promise and power. Now was the time to act. He’d planned out every contingency he could think of. Nothing could stop him. Nothing except her!

Mother Nature was back; reincarnated into the body of a young woman with a quick wit and sharp tongue… she didn’t have a clue. Now Ares had to make the most difficult decision of his immortal life. Does he help her get both her powers and the elements under control or does he smite what could be true love and aim for the power he so desperately desires?

PSYCHOTIC: A SKIU SERIAL (Print)
Serial Killers Investigation Unit Series: Book #1
Aline de Chevigny

Mainstream Romance: Suspense/Mystery, Horror, Contemporary, Action/Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-60435-959-6
Price: $8.99

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Will sparks ignite and set off a fire or will they peter off into a slow burn out?

Doctor Amy Allens isn't looking for love; she's looking for a killer. As a Psychoanalyst she can see into the dark minds that prey on humanity - but Detective Ry Stevens is a complete mystery.

Will their growing attraction make them a stronger team or will the sexual sparks be a distraction that costs them their lives?

TOSS OF A COIN (Print)
Aline de Chevigny

Mainstream Romance: Historical, Time Travel, Holiday (St. Patrick's)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-957-2
Price: $6.99

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What would you be willing to do to find true love?

A grandmother’s last request, a mysterious old coin, and a heartfelt wish.

Armed with a mysterious package, Angelica travels to Scotland to fulfill the requirements of her grandmother’s will. The package contains an ancient coin and a letter telling her to make one wish.

Angelica’s wish for true love sends her back in time and into the arms of a man who could make all of her dreams come true – if she’ll let him.

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD (Print)
Jennifer Loy

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-963-3
Price: $11.99

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Victoria Slater is struggling through a busy tax time with April fifteenth just around the corner. Working out of her home doesn’t help when someone begins to play practical jokes on her. From mice in her kitchen to embarrassing singing telegrams. She doesn’t have time for the messes the culprit is causing and certainly not the two male neighbors, Christian Taylor or Kirk Jacobson; she’s dealt with for half her life.

Victoria decides to retaliate against Christian. He’s the only one who could be causing the trouble, her enemy since the eighth grade. It couldn’t be Kirk, her all time crush. After visiting a fortune teller she finds out that two men are pursuing her and one is misleading her.

With multiple misunderstandings, a year book note she never found, a sudden change of address, and a tenth year reunion, Victoria learns the true meaning of There Goes The Neighborhood.

CROSSING FAERYLAND (Print)
Raine McIntyre

Erotic Romance: Fantasy, Science Fiction/Futuristic
ISBN: 978-1-60435-961-9
Price: $11.99

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Fairies and Elves in the future, Oh My! Political intrigue at every corner! Who can you trust to help you survive?

In a fantastical future more than a century away, the world consists solely of the United States, America and Terrantoo, a magical world unlike anything Earth has seen since the time of Faeries and Elves in the middle. A plot to pair Marnie, a half dryad, with Jake, the heir to the American throne and Sam, Marnie’s half brother and half shapeshifter, with Cat, Jake’s younger sister, sends the four from the United States across Terrantoo to America.

Although the denizens of Terrantoo prove dangerous, family plots of the scheming kind, shared histories of wounded pride and mistrust, mutual attraction and sensual exploration that scorch the heart turn out to be the true threat to their peaceful, predictable lives. They battle Ogres, Harpies, Pixies, and Brownies as well as humans and Faeries, to survive while discovering new love and rediscovering old along the way. Magic and passion combine in this erotic tale of political intrigue in a time when fantasy and reality have come to occupy the same space.

Will love be the way of the future or just a thing in the past?

TEMPTING RACHEL (Print)
Nicole L. Pierce

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-936-7
Print: $9.99

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Run! Run as fast as you can Rachel before the evil finds you!

Rachel McKenzie is on the run and the stakes have never been higher. Having just escaped from an abusive spouse, she's hell bent on protecting herself and all she holds dear. The elusive Rachel may be brave, but she's also vulnerable and destitute.

Matthew Steele is a wealthy philanthropist known for his work to help stop domestic violence, but he's no stranger to heartache. His current life is full of challenges and his past has left him emotionally scarred.

When the handsome and mysterious Matthew sets out to hire a new live-in caregiver for his autistic sister, falling in love is the furthest thing from his mind. But then he meets Rachel. Although he's initially determined to deny his attraction to her and to keep her at arms length, Rachel's innocent and unwitting sensuality proves to be irresistibly tempting. As the couple becomes closer, they forge a caring friendship fueled by an undercurrent of unspoken desire.

Will Rachel and Matthew forever deny their feelings, or will they give in to passion?

A VALENTINE'S GIFT FOR TORI (Print)
Zenobia Renquist

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural, Holiday (Valentine's)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-919-0
Price: $7.99

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She wants a boyfriend for Valentine's and her husband wants to deliver.

Tori has come to the realization that her marriage lacks the spark it had in the beginning. She and her husband argue more than anything else and she foresees a nasty break-up on the horizon if something doesn't change. When he asks her what she wants for Valentine's Day, her answer is scandalous and straightforward—a boyfriend.

Rather than be upset, her husband is intrigued by the idea and sets out to make it happen. Tori has set herself—and him—an impossible goal and her prospects aren't that promising. But she's determined to have a boyfriend in time for the most romantic holiday of the year.

BE WITH YOU (Print)
Marie Rochelle

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural, Holiday (Christmas)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-904-6
Price: $9.99

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Can you get what you want?

Ever since she could remember Sage Nicole always had a crush on the wickedly handsome Rally Teveare, but the stubborn devil refused to acknowledge her feelings.

To Rally, Sage would always be the little girl his parents took in after her family died in a tragic fire. He refused to admit that he wanted her with a passion that scared him.

Yet, he couldn’t deny that the awkward little girl had grown into a breathtaking woman. A woman who made him dream about things he shouldn’t and wouldn’t.

However, when Sage is vowing to leave his life forever… Rally only has one choice… show Sage her place is with him. Will Sage move on or will Rally step up to the plate?

COVER MODEL (Print)
Marie Rochelle

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-905-3
Price: $9.99

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Will the cop in him be more?

Romance writer Kissa "Bri" Collins tried not to notice how unbelievably handsome the model was the second he sauntered in horribly late to her model search. Dark brown hair with natural highlights brushed the collar of his white t-shirt, compelling gray eyes held hers as she tried to keep her composure as his deep rich voice apologized for being late.

Never being involved with a case that he couldn't handle FBI agent Forbes Huntington takes risks for a living. In the fifteen years he has been an agent there hasn't been a job that he hadn't used his strength, charm or good looks to get solved.

So, he wasn't worried about this new case that his boss assigned him to. How hard could it be posing as a cover model for a romance novel to catch a banker robber? Forbes thought he had everything under control until he walked late into the modeling auditions and spotted the woman of his dreams, his soul mate.

Now how could he pretend to be something he wasn't and arrest her only living family member? When all he wanted to do was risk everything he had for a taste of her perfect mouth?

SLAVE GIRL (Print)
Desert Rose Anthology
Sheniqua Waters

Mainstream Romance: Historical/Period, Interracial/Multicultural, Desert Rose (Sheikhs)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-964-0
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Price: $10.99

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Kidnapped and sold into slavery, is there more to life than what Laila experiences?

Kidnapped from her home in Cairo, Egypt, Laila is placed on an auction block in Constantinople and sold to work as a handmaid to a wealthy man and his daughter. Unhappy as a maid and leery of the lustful advances of her owner, Laila dreams of returning to her home.

Laila is sold to a Turkish harem where she catches the eye of the handsome yet arrogant palace heir, Kudar al Numan. As Laila fights to deny her feelings for Kudar, their relationship is threatened by the jealous rage of another woman.

To keep the couple apart, Laila’s nemesis hatches a plan to force her to make a choice…return to the family she loves or remain in her new life with her new love. Either choice may be seen as an act of betrayal. Which will she choose? And does going back to relive the past mean there is no hope for the future?

ETERNAL PLEASURES (Print)
Debi Wilder

Erotic Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-947-3
Price: $7.99

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More than a sex shop… A place where fantasies come true… Dead or alive.

Cassandra Jameson is a 21st Century woman who doesn't believe there's a man alive who can sexual satisfy her...except in her fantasies. When she and her best friend, Paige Matteson buy a centuries old building and open their shop Eternal Pleasures, little did she realize that housed among the brick was a handsome and mysterious man.

After losing the love of his life in the witch hunts during the 18th Century, Garrett Alexander made a bargain to join his beloved Victoria. All he had to do was spend the rest of his "existence" among the living providing sexual lessons for the gentile. What he didn't expect was a woman with powerful sensual aurora to call him hundreds of years into the future.

Will Eternal Pleasures be forever or will Cassandra and Garrett just be a moment in time?

DARK MOON MAGICK (Print)
The Moon Series: Book 4
Rose Marie Wolf

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-953-4
Price: $11.49

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Werewolf Rose Barnett has a serious problem: She's pregnant and unsure who the father of her child is. To make matters worse, her husband, Jason, is gone, unknowing that she is even carrying a child and a new werewolf arrival to the PRDI brings a wave of unexplained "accidents", that threaten her and her unborn child…

As Rose's pack bands together to uncover the truth behind the accidents and keep her safe, Jason works ceaselessly to find out the truth behind his growing psychic abilities. When an unexpected psychic call for help leads him to a research facility, Jason meets a strange woman who may be the key to discovering his true self. But before he can return home with his findings, he must stop a new threat before it is too late for them all.

The First Taste

2009-05-22T09:42:00.011-04:00

It’s hard not to think about new beginnings when you’ve been entrusted with an angel for the day. Especially when you and the bundle of joy in question share a birthday. Well almost. (What’s 24 hours between friends?)

So here, three month old, Brielle and I sit, staring at the computer, contemplating quantum realities and string theory. (This kid keeps me on my toes) We’re also pondering the impending birth of my writing career. Daunting topics all.

Fiona Vance calls June 4th our author birthday, one we share with Debra Kayn . (I’ve got the anxious mama nerves to back up that ‘introducing your baby to the world’ image.) And since I was meant to be posting a Scene From A Love Song today I’m reminded of Fiona Apple’s The First Taste:

“I lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts Waiting for the black to replace my blue”

Yep, I’m so excited and worried that I can’t sleep. What if I didn’t do my best? Worse, what if no one likes my ‘kid’ or it gets picked on?

“I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught
But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary
Of waiting to be consumed by you”

I’m definitely not complaining. Becoming a writer is my dream and the anticipation of sharing my work with readers and hearing your thoughts is like the first ride on a roller coaster. Thrilling, yet you still wanna throw-up.

“Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love Not nearly my love, not nearly”

Even though I’m scared to death. I can’t imagine not doing this. No matter what the outcome, the emptiness of not writing far out weighs possible failure…and isn’t that exhilarating?

“The first taste Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever Start the chase; I'll let you win But you must make the endeavor"

This last part is like the voice of the divine and reminds me of the quote “Be bold and great forces will come to your aid.” Cheers to hoping…and praying!

Before I go I’d like to share the first taste of Keeper of the Way with you and invite you to share a taste of your first books too. Happy Releases!

taken from KEEPER OF THE WAY

10:15 PM
Dragon thorns were very efficient, Nia’Mora mused. She would be dead from poison-induced paralysis in a matter of heartbeats. And she felt no pain…nothing…other than the agony of her bond-mate. Tears splashed against the cold amber floors beneath her cheek. If not for that, death would be almost pleasant. It was all so clear now, but she wasn’t shown her entire life, as she’d come to expect. Instead, the flickering images replayed only this: her final day…

For more Keeper of the Way, the blurb and an excerpt please visit Red Rose Publishing.

New Releases May 21

2009-05-21T07:13:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ May 21, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

SUNRISE DESTINY
Mark Terence Chapman

Mainstream Fiction: Science Fiction/Futuristic, Interracial/Multicultural, Paranormal, Action/Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-60435-333-4

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When private detective Donatello Sunrise is coerced into finding a Mob boss’s daughter, he stumbles onto a much bigger case. Dozens of women, all young, all petite, have disappeared in recent weeks. Mysterious and conflicting clues seem to point to a government conspiracy, a mad scientist bent on global domination, or perhaps abduction by bloodthirsty alien vampires. Nothing makes any sense.

Before he knows it, Sunrise and his hooker friend Lola find themselves in a life-or-death struggle. The Mob wants them dead, the cops want them for serial murders—even the kidnappers are after them. With the fate of two worlds intertwined, Sunrise and Lola must somehow help the good guys defeat the evil ones.

The trick is telling one from the other.

SECOND CHANCES
Nika Dixon

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
ISBN: 978-1-60435-346-4

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Jackson Hale is through with rescuing Casey Marshall. Her crazy stunts and complete disregard for her own safety goes against everything he believes in. But when she witnesses a murder, he’s duty bound to help. As he scrambles to keep her alive, he discovers the true woman beneath the crazy antics, and is left to question everything. If he can’t trust his eyes, how can he trust his heart?

Casey has spent her entire life trying to get Jackson’s attention. She discovers all it takes a dead body and a black hole in her memory. Together, on the run from hired killers, Casey realizes that the only way to keep Jackson safe is to push him away. Even if it costs her a chance at forever…and her very life.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS
C.A. Hubbard

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-347-1

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What happens when doctors play doctor?

Cardiologist Emily Harte is accustomed to giving orders, but she might learn to enjoy taking them when chief surgeon Drew Dalton seduces her on the night of City Hospital’s holiday party.

What starts out as fun becomes so much more when Drew’s heart turns their game into serious business.

COWGIRL HOT
Cia Leah

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Western
ISBN: 978-1-60435-334-1

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Clint Broyhill is out for a good time at the Lazy K Bar. All he wants is to relax and have a few cold ones, but when he arrives, there's a cowgirl in distress with a flat tire.

Being the gentleman he is, he offers to change her tire, but doesn't expect to lose his heart in the process to the hottest little cowgirl he's ever met.

DREAM KING
Tales of the Luenan Magi: Book 1
Tara Newlands

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-236-8

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Octavian St James is a Luenan magi, a member of a secret magical race whispered of in human legends since time began. He leads one of three councils who oversee and monitor all magical operations on Earth. Octavian lost the love of his life in 1935 in an inconceivable act of vengeance by a rogue mage bent on his destruction.

During a dream quest, he realizes Amanda Carson; a successful Phoenix restaurateur is the lover he lost. In a desperate cross-country quest, Octavian set out to find her before his vengeful enemy can destroy them both.

Amanda believes the caresses of her dream man are mere illusions, yet little does she realize he is real and seeking her with passionate intensity. Can Octavian stop his vengeful rival from recapturing Amanda or will a tragic history replete itself?

SARAH'S STORY
Time Displacement Corps Series: Book 1
Delilah K. Stephans

Mainstream Romance: Time Travel
ISBN: 978-1-60435-338-9

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Sarah Beauchamp has made a life for herself in the past having given up on returning to the present. She only has one question – What had happened?

Captain Matthew Barrington is determined to find the longest missing agent – Sarah. She was lost when the Time Displacement Unit exploded.

The Time Displacement Corps greatest fear is causing a Paradox. But when an agent has been missing for ten years, can they avoid it?

Time

2009-05-18T05:00:00.000-04:00

I titled this blog 'Time' because I need more of it. But don't we all, if anyone's figured it out please blog about it. Then I've got to find time to read the blog. Isn't it funny how we always seem to lose time, but never recapture it. So if we never get it back why do we say we lost it? Losing something implies it was proprietary to begin with, which time never is, and gives us a false sense of hope.

Right now I've got just enough time to talk about something coming soon from Red Rose that I've been working on with my good friend and wonderful writer, Stephanie Williams. Stephanie and I created The Three Sisters Series. It's what else? The story of 3 sisters, 3 very different sisters, so 3 very different stories.

The first story, RINGSIDE, written by Stephanie Williams and myself is about the youngest sister, Atlanta. At 25 Atlanta has had more jobs than she has fingers, unlike her successful older sisters, she's still trying to figure things out. Then she reads this self help book written by an older woman, or so she thinks.

This first book in the series will be released soon, we're hoping for within the next week or so.

The second book is NORTHERN EXPOSURE by Stephanie Williams about Brittany, the globetrotting middle sister, and the third book is written by me, LaVerne Thompson, MASQUERADE, Sydney's story, the eldest sister. Searching for someone to look beyond her facade.

So keep an eye out for these stories, and also if you've got any tips on how to add more time in a day. I really really need another 60 minutes.

LaVerne Thompson

DOUBLE OUT AND BACK

2009-05-15T03:00:00.003-04:00

image courtesy of: http://www.photoeverywhere.co.uk/

Not every woman who rides the fertility treatment roller coaster winds up like Octomom.

In Double Out and Back by Lisa Lipkind Leibow, three women's lives are intricately intertwined, as Amelia Schwartz and Summer Curtis struggle with the complex dynamics of intrafamily embryo adoption, and Chandy Markum strives to make her patients' dreams a reality.

After more than a decade, anal-retentive Amelia Schwartz finally stops mourning her parents and decides to pursue single motherhood via embryo adoption. Her fertility doctor, Chandy Markum, is preoccupied with the loss of the cosmopolitan Cape Town of her youth and her first love in apartheid-torn South Africa. Summer Curtis, Amelia's niece, a young, married, overachieving attorney, juggles zealous career ambitions, demanding bosses, and friction with her husband over family and fertility issues. They must confront the painful reality that, no matter what technology humans devise to manipulate reproduction, prolong life, and construct family units, they have not yet mastered control over their beginnings and endings.

Lisa Lipkind Leibow’s debut novel Double Out and Back is coming soon in 2009 from Red Rose Publishing. It is mainstream fiction with strong romantic elements.

If you would like to learn more about Lisa and her upcoming novel visit her at http://www.llleibow.com/

New Releases May 14

2009-05-14T09:54:00.002-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ May 14, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

THE CANTED CURSE
Bliss Addison

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery
ISBN: 978-1-60435-222-1

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Nothing ever goes right for Blossom McDougall. Three marriages and three divorces, two degrees and no career, and if it weren’t for bad luck, she’d have no luck at all.

The curse of Clara Teesdale, the woman who Blossom’s great-granny Aggie stole her husband from, is to blame.

As she approaches her thirtieth birthday, the day when she would follow in the footsteps of her great-granny Aggie, granny Winnie and her mother, Gladys, and take her own life as the curse decreed, God answers her prayers and sends her an angel named Fin.

The pair form a strange alliance, and together they fight the battles of the other.

ALL FOR LOVE
Jon Bradbury

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-335-8

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Tyler Libby was living the good life. He was a wide receiver for the NFL. He had fame, fortune, and money to burn. He had everything, except, that is, a woman to call his own. But then he learns of provision in his Uncle's will, one that says he will get five million dollars -- if he's married.

Along comes Eden Cherry, a woman he's been dating exclusively, who happens to learn about a yoga retreat. The catch -- she has to be married.

So when Tyler pops the question, it's not a hard choice. But when they both learn that their marriage was not based on the most pure of motives, they have to decide if they will stay married.

BITE ME
Honey Jans

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-331-0

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A Nibble, a bite, what is that, that taste mighty right?

Cherish McCloud is a fake psychic with a secret talent she doesn’t want to acknowledge. Lucian Masters is a vampire with a price on his head on a mission to avenge his sister. When they meet after midnight sparks ignite. But will a demon lord with a grudge be able to prevent an alliance that was written in the stars? Or will Cherish and Lucian fall in love at first bite?

COWBOY OF THE NIGHT
Legends of Living, Texas Anthology
Tambra Kendall

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire), Time Travel, Western
ISBN: 978-1-60435-322-8

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Morgan Remington is forced back in time by The Vampiric Council of Darkness. The Hunter, a vampire exterminator, follows Morgan intent on killing him. Adara Galbraith is from the future, sent to 1880’s Texas to stop The Hunter who hides a deadly secret. Adara and Morgan discover the passion of a lifetime, but will they live long enough to enjoy it?

Pushing up roses.

2009-05-11T11:40:00.004-04:00

Ask any master gardener and he or she will tell you that the secret to a healthy garden is compost. But what is compost made of? Dead things, rotten things, a putrid mass of what was once gaily colored in magenta petals or emerald blades with golden beards cut down, clipped back, mowed or shaved and cast into a pile of decomposition.

Pretty graphic violence isn't it? All that "pain" just in mowing the grass and dead-heading flowers to keep bushes and seasonal selects producing more beauty. There is pain, pathos and death in the romance of each and every rose.

Just like each rose needs a little darkness in its roots to feed, romance itself benefits from a scary moment or two. Unless you grew up with parent(s) like Sissy Spacek in "Carrie" or the Amish, you've indulged in that teen-aged rite of passage - going out on a date with your favorite guy or gal for a slasher film. Something you knew would give you nightmares, keep you jumping at shadows, and guarantee a vegetarian diet for at least a week, but still you went - and full of breathless anticipation. Why? Because it guaranteed that no matter how shy the other person you'd end up huddled together: protector and protected.

Maybe that's why I am drawn to horror, have always been. It is a question I've asked myself since I was a kid, snuggled between my snoring parents watching Chilly Bill Cardille as he hosted Chiller Theater with all the campy horror of the days before Sam Raimi and the new generation of buckets o' gore. Not to say I don't love those as well, I do, even grossed out guys by eating pizza and slurping down cherry Coke sitting enrapt in front of modern flicks like "Hostel."

Most of us will be spared the real devastation of having to endure walking down an unlit alley, at night, in the worst part of town with a dead cell phone battery, and nothing more than an adrenaline rush to help get you away from a slavering baddie with ill intent. But we all feel drawn to experience it at least once, vicariously through television or movies. Is it to look death in the eyes and laugh with hollow, false bravado - or more simply to help drive together a pair that human over-thinking would keep apart?

That truly is the question. However, given the clamour for more dark erotic novels and paranormal romances - it is clear, a little death provides excellent fodder for romance, as much as it does for the rose - the symbol for the genre.

While you ponder your own answer to that question, have a peek at my newest video trailer for my upcoming Red Rose release, "Flesh." Post a question or comment and be entered to win a cool t-shirt I designed exclusively for this short story.

New Releases May 07

2009-05-07T06:39:00.002-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ May 07, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

PURPLE PROSE
Sam Cheever

Erotic Romance: Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-329-7

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When she hits the writer's block of all writer's blocks, Lindsey Prince thinks her muse has abandoned her. But she opens her door one day to find a gorgeous new one standing there, "anxious" to help her finish her current project. There's only one problem…her new muse, Zahn, has been turned purple by Calliope, Chief of the Muses, for indulging in Purple Prose. Unfortunately, his fate rests on Lindsey submitting a purple prose free manuscript to her editor. No pressure there.

To make matters worse, Zahn apparently has a powerful and cranky ex-girlfriend who isn't all that thrilled by the growing attraction between Lindsey and Zahn. She'll do anything to stop Lindsey from submitting that manuscript. Anything. Based on the extremely heated "research" she and Zahn have been indulging in, Lindsey knows her sexy IR story will sizzle. She only needs to live through the process of writing it.

No easy task, that.

COMPUTER LOVE
Dreams Series: Book 2
Pat Cromwell

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-255-9

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The 'not knowing why' a man disappears is hard. Nicole 'The Militant' Barnes understands that firsthand. When Ethan Dennaud III walked away without a even a wave goodbye, Nicole's life spiraled out of control to the point she didn't recognize the face staring back at her from the mirror.

Now, through a series of seemingly unrelated events, he's back. Ethan has always been the man of her dreams.

With his re-entry into her life and tale of why he left, will she let him make her dreams come true?

TO TAME A GOD
Skyler Grey

Erotic Romance: Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-201-6

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Teala Vine's has been invited to the infamous Masquerade Ball hosted by the Greek gods on Mt. Olympus. After choosing her favorite god to bring her fantasy to life, will Teala find herself wanting to remain behind or will she realize that reality can be a much better place?

A KISS FOR LUCK

Melody Knight & N. D. Hansen-Hill

Erotic Romance: Paranormal
ISBN: 978-1-60435-332-7

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Sybil's fate has been cast in glass for hundreds of years. For centuries, her world has been defined within the contours of an antique mirror. Even so, her dreams haven't changed. She longs for a chance to break free, to live her girlish fantasy of sweet future and warm caresses.

Jamie Perriford is a self-made man, acquiescing to family tradition. He visits Perriford Castle with a rolling of eyes and a satirical twist of his lips. Never was a man so put upon by family, by irrelevant traditions, by pursuit from determined heiresses. Jamie has need of neither a wife, nor interference from the past.

When Jamie encounters Sybil, he is as warmed by her form and unique perspective, as he is by her rather dusty and naive charms. When he takes her in his arms, he realizes that although Destiny may have brought them here, it was A Kiss for Luck that has wooed and won her. If he can only hold fast, he may be lucky enough never to let her go.

FELLORIAN RESURRECTION
The Fellorians Series: Book 2
Megan Rose

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-312-9

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The Fellorians: a new breed of vampire, a new breed of passion

The newly formed Trinity of Fellorian vampires have their first mission together in the mortal world: Return the Merlone Dagger to the realm of Felloria. However, newly rejuvenated vampire Arrbern has a more personal mission. He needs to reunite with the beautiful woman from his past life: in 1815. With a lost love and more dangerous enemies to face, will the Fellorians ever be returned to their homeland?

THE PRINCESS AND THE WOLF
Sanctuary Moon: First Howl
Linda Sole

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-324-2

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A lost princess and a man who keeps changing into a wolf?

Angelica is a princess and her uncle intends to force her into marriage against her will so that he can take over the kingdom that belonged to her father.

Angelica decides to run away, but she is soon in trouble in the forest. Will she be caught and returned to her uncle or will she find the love of her life?

Red Rose Publishing Authors Give Back

2009-05-06T12:56:00.005-04:00

And you can help us! The Authors of Red Rose Publishing are busy putting together a gift basket filled with goodies for the Brenda Novak Diabeties Auction. There is some fantastic stuff in there!

Autographed Copy of Having Faith by Nancy O'Berry
Autographed Copy of Eureka Point by Betty Ann Harris
Autographed Copy of Infidelity by Debbie Gould

Print Books:
Bare Bones by Aline de Chevigny (Not signed)

Goodies:

Naked Writing-The No Frills Way to Write Your Novel Course from Glenys O’Connell
T-Shirt Flesh by Melissa Glisan
T-Shirt for Rock Bound by Rochelle Webber
Sea Island Cotton Shower Gel from Delilah K. Stephans
Box of tea from Delilah K. Stephans
International Spy Museum Mug from Carol
Book Light
Tea
Gourmet Coffee
Chocolates
T-Shirt
Notepad
CD
Red Rose Bath Oils
Small White Cotton Book Bag
Bubble Bath and other goodies...

So far the basket has an estimated value of over $200.00!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

2009-05-06T03:00:00.000-04:00

Today is my birthday. I hate to limit my good birthday vibes to just one day so I take the entire month of May. I always buy myself a new book to celebrate my birthday. This used to be common- parents, grandparents and even siblings would buy a book, write a short note on the front page, date and sign it. I'm wondering what happened to this once commonplace practice...

I find these long-forgotten books in thrift stores, at the local Goodwill, and even at yard sales. I don't get rid of books and I'm a sentimental person so you can imagine how I feel when I see that someone has carelessly discarded a book that was fully intended to be a lifelong gift. Okay, I understand that everyone can't keep everything ever given to them. (Although my mother doesn't understand that and will give me an evil glare if I put anything she's ever given me in a garage sale!) But aren't books still special to you?

I urge all of you to revive this practice and give a younger, or older, member of your circle of family and friends a book- inscribed and signed. Keep in mind that ebooks could work for this as well. Start a new trend...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they appreciate it. If nothing else you've introduced a dying tradition that should never be forgotten!

Kissa Starling

www.kissastarling.com

All who wander are not lost

2009-05-03T13:23:00.005-04:00

When I accepted the invitation to blog today for Red Rose, I must admit I was anxious. I think it was a form of blog anxiety. This anxiety started me thinking about how we limit ourselves due to fear and how it helps to round characters in stories. In the creation of book characters, writers explore the boundaries of what is and is not possible. This drive is never more apparent than in books of romance and the fantastic.
The human spirit is never more divine or more evil than during times of crisis and nothing challenges what we believe to be the truth more than with the threatened lost of love.
In my upcoming novel for Red Rose publishing, THE DREAM KING and my
earlier work, FOREVER TONIGHT; I allowed my characters to explore how this fear of lost drives us to great heights and lows.
With the hero of The Dream King, Octavian’s fear of losing the love of his life drives him to strive to protect his lover against all odds while his arch nemesis, Jonathan struggles to overcome his own fears of lost though more destructive means until redemption beckons.
In the Sci Fi romance FOREVER TONIGHT, my heroine Ann seeks the protection of her lover at all costs and this changes her life forever.
It is my belief that books of romance and fantastic romance especially, challenge readers to explore places inside that aren’t always allowed expression.
This type of tension creates a rich multihued canvas that makes for great reading. Exploring our shadow selves in the realms of the twin mirror of fear vs. redemption allows us to break free from our own self imposed limitations to see who or what we could be.

April 2009 Contest Winners

2009-05-02T15:24:00.003-04:00

Egg Hunt April 2009 Winners:

Grand Prize winner of all of May's New Releases:
N. Simon

Second Place winner of a free download from Linda Mooney:
Charlene Coyle

CONGRATS!!

The new contest is up and ready to be played. How well do you know RRP's covers? Check out the clues and find out!

Getting Opposites To Attract

2009-05-01T06:40:00.003-04:00

It’s Not Just In Physics Anymore

I initially wrote Tanner's Devil, my upcoming book with Red Rose Publishing in 2007. Now that it's 2009, I've had to dig through my memory of the experience.

Good thing I wrote it live which helped when i went back to review readers comments about the book.

(To see more about my live books check out my website)

Anyhoo, after refreshing my memory and as I go through with my editor (Hey Faith) of making this story even more perfect for new readers, I sit here and wonder, how the heck had I created something way out in left field.

Not only did I create it? But it was darn good!

This isn't the first time I've come out of left field, but this was my most unusual.

So how did Tanner's Devil come to fruition?

Well first let me tell you about the story.

Tanner has lived hard on Detroit's streets all her life. Medical expertise passed down from generation to generation, she's trying hard to become a legitimate doctor because she wants to better herself. Unfortunately money is running short and she has less than 24 hours to come up with the last payment for her tuition or she can forget about graduation this year.

Her hope is to get a street gig so bad she gets the money, but that's not the case. She gets tempted by a lot of money to turn to her old profession - the oldest profession of all time and she knows if she doesn't accept escaping this life will have to wait.

Accepting this assignment means that she has to become Donetello's woman again. And this time he won't let her go.

Devlin, a duke and a virgin finds himself upset after discovering his fiancée having sex on their wedding day in the back room of a church with his brother. Wandering off to find his equilibrium, he ends up in Detroit, where he has resolved to end his celibacy by arranging to have a woman - any woman.

To his pleasure, he gets Tanner and one time isn't enough.

That's off the top of my head, but that's enough to get you knowing what I'm going to explain in the next part. Plus I just needed that amount to get your reading appetite wet.

Early 2007, I was challenged by a group of readers and writers to come up with a story of two unlikely people. The trick was that they came up wit hthe characters.

For the heroine, they chose Tanner. An ex-street walker, current street doctor trying to get out of the life she was living. She was pretty enough and not only with street smart but book smart, but determined to get to her goal in life - away from the one she was living, and not relying on any man. She didn't want love in her life, because the last time she had been in love (which had been with Donetello), it had deterred her too much from her goal.

For the hero, we have a thirty-year-old virgin, Devlin. A man who had honed his body and mind to please a woman, but will not give up his innocence because it is the only way he can keep the dukedom title his mother inherited through the Queen of England. He fully intended on losing his virginity very very soon until he found his soon to be wife having sex with his no good brother on their wedding day.

Now how were they to meet? I mean Tanner was from Detroit. A hood rat, street chick and had never stepped outside of Detroit for more than 24 hours.

And Devlin was a world traveler. Detroit was like Mars. Somewhere he'd maybe like to go, but really wasn't that interested in it.

My job as a writer was to bring these two opposites together.

On top of their status, there was also the fact that Devlin was white and Tanner was black.

Devlin expressed his emotions. Tanner kept her emotions to herself. Devlin dressed professional all the time, while Tanner loved to dressed comfortably. Devlin ate in palaces and mansions food so expensive, it would take Tanner a year to afford the kind of food he ate in just one week.

They were on the far ends of the character line and bringing them together was not only a challenge, but a feat of monumental proportions.

Yet as I laid my fingers on the keyboard very excited about the possibility of jeopardizing Tanner's life with the rage Donetello was going to feel when he found out she was not going into his services like he wanted, I felt a pleasurable peace. Even though I knew I’d have to deal with the animosity Tanner was going to have to face from the fiancée desperately trying to get Devlin back. I was shaking in excitement. (That was a really long sentence I know, but this is a blog and I'm not working on limits.)

Tanner's Devil was an impossible feat, but challenging myself as a writer every time I introduce a story to my readers is fun. I really do love it and as I rode the wave of writing a story off the top of my head I literally had braingasms. Yes, Braingasms!

And knowing this, makes me smile, because I know if I had fun writing the book, I know my readers will have even more fun reading it.

I look forward to all your comments and so forth about Tanner and Devlin's "adventure," and I look forward to giving Red Rose Publishing even more of the imaginative minds of Sylvia Hubbard.

Look for Tanner’s Devil coming soon to Red Rose Publishing!!

Loves and kisses
Your Author, Sylvia Hubbard
www.sylviahubbard.com

Why I Love Romance Novels

2009-04-30T05:00:00.002-04:00

When times are tough or when I'm just tired I like to curl up with a book, and what do I choose? A romance novel. Why are romance novels so satisfying?

Romance novels are cheerful. The characters are attractive. They face serious, or not so serious, problem
ms and come out winners.
Settings in romance novels are attractive. In times like this most of us want to get away from our problems for awhile. Romance novels let you visit pleasant places, resorts, estates, and interesting villages. It's a cheap vacation.
The characters in romance novels provide good role models. Seeing how another person solves their problems often gives us clues in how to solve our own.

When I started writing seriously, I chose to write a romance novel. For many years my husband and I bred, raced and trained Standardbred race horses. The world of harness racing is very exiting, but more than that it's filled with heartwarming stories of winning horses and winning trainers, drivers and owners. In Summer's Story I created my own world of racing excitement, romance and conflict. For me, conflict is important in a romance. In order to be a winner you have to overcome obstacles and Summer Langston, the heroine of Summer's Story has plenty to cope with. Two men are in love with her and want to help her get her mare, Meadow, to the Hambletonian Oaks. How can she choose between Ned, a wealthy breeder, and Davis, a sexy racehorse driver? You'll have to read Summer's Story to find out. Of course, there has to be a villain. Max Schiller wants Summer's horse. If he can't have Meadow. He wants Summer out of the racing game – permanently. It's exciting stuff when danger lurks on the race track and in the bedroom.

If you read Summer's Story, I hope you get a good vacation with characters you come to love.

What's new: Safe Sex Incorporated

2009-04-23T09:27:00.002-04:00

"Safe Sex Incorporated" is a new release at Red Rose Publishing!http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=378

Blurb:

Skyla is a PR officer for a 22nd century company that makes a special kind of condom: one that protects the user from the 21st century disease called love. In her world, love is an obscene word and a banned emotion. As with all prohibitions, the love prohibition has given rise to a pro-love group, a group whose actions may jeopardize Skyla's dream of a promotion.

Jin is a school teacher - or is he something more? Skyla is instantly drawn to him and when they are together, she forgets about Love Condoms....

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Excerpt:

“Meet me for cyber-sex tonight,” whispered the teacher.

She raised her eyebrow in a deliberately ambiguous reply. She had never done that before. Played silly games.

The 21st century must be catching up with me, she thought as she listened to the familiar words:“It must have seized the body and the mind like a strong disease. Another plague that science has erased, even from the memories..." (Safe Sex Inc)

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New Releases 23 April

2009-04-23T09:20:00.000-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ April 23, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

FOR THE LOVE OF HATTIE
Pat Dale

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Comedy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-310-5
Price: $4.99

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For ten years, Hattie McCall has turned a deaf ear on her dad's sage advice. And for all those years she's found herself in a self-imposed prison. Unwilling to admit the mistake that cost her the love of her life, she's cloistered herself in her teaching. Now, her dad has died and she must return home to run the family store. Which means she has to face Brad Trimble, the young man she'd spurned all those years before. The man she still longs for in the heart she can't hear.

FANTASY FEST: BUY-BACK
Robin Gideon

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense
ISBN: 978-1-60435-318-1
Price: $3.99

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LaTasha goes on her first assignment with the Atlantis Detective Agency when they are hired to buy back a million dollars worth of stolen jewelry.

The assignment becomes complicated when the buy-back must happen on Key West during the infamously decadent Fantasy Fest. LaTasha gets an introduction into detective work and debauchery in this sizzling novella.

A CURSED HEART
Sanctuary Moon Anthology
Keelia Greer

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Shifter), Historical/Period
ISBN: 978-1-60435-307-5
Price: $1.99

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Can a cursed warrior and a Druidess defeat deadly enemies and find true love?

MOTORCYCLE WOMAN
Larry Hammersley

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-313-6
Price: $5.99

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Tess McBride relied on her motorcycle to carry her away from an unhappy past, one that involved her father leaving her mother for another woman and her mother dying a year later.

Resolved to avoid men, judging them to be all alike, she meets Johnnie Parker, a stranded biker whose motorcycle she repairs. Her staunch resolve is undermined by Johnnie's kindness, respect and lack of a sordid agenda toward her, not to mention him being handsome.

Should she stick to her plans to take to the open road again after replenishing her traveling bankroll from her motorcycle mechanic's job in Johnnie's hometown? In the past, that question was easily answered, but what about now? Johnnie has fallen in love with her. The answer is obvious when she knows he's genuine, he treats her special, and she realizes that she has fallen in love with him too.

RESEMBLANCE
Y.L. Stokes

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Action/Adventure, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-146-0
Print: $5.99

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Having beaten the odds, Ashley Miller graduated from college with a double majors, Architectural Design and Culinary Arts, accomplishing both without once neglecting her son. Being a single mother while attending wasn't an easy task, but to succeed she'd had to make sacrifices especially her personal life. Ashley had resigned herself to a life alone without the comfort of a man to love her and to accept her and love her son.

Nicholas Maxwell had long ago given up happily ever after, because of a long ago tragedy, now his life revolved around growing his construction business and spending time with his family…that was until his eyes landed on his newly appointed Architectural Designer. Now he had a chance to have what he'd always wanted, but feared that he'd never have.

Will an event from both their pasts come to light destroying what they are trying to build?

SAFE SEX INCORPORATED
Eve Summers

Mainstream Romance: Science Fiction/Futuristic
ISBN: 978-1-60435-330-3
Price: $2.99

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Jin is a school teacher - or is he something more? Skyla is instantly drawn to him and when they are together, she forgets about Love Condoms....

The China Adventure

2009-04-20T09:07:00.003-04:00

Angel Martinez

On Friday night, April 17th, my family and I returned from China. For our younger readers, this may not seem so surprising but for those of us born before Nixon, Westerners (especially Americans) going to mainland China still has a hint of unreality to it. Times have changed, of course, and enmity has transformed into an inextricable financial and economic partnership.

But this isn’t about politics or how economic crises are global now instead of local. This is about the people, (as opposed to Ren Min, ‘The People’) specifically the people of Chengdu in Sichuan. Although a large city, about the population of San Francisco and Cincinnati combined, the coastal cities like Beijing and Shanghai still regard Chengdu as something of a backwater, full of ‘country’ folk.

Fair enough, they do have some catching up to do, as most of the country does. It does create some interesting dichotomies, especially where technology is concerned – the bicycle cart loaded with melons competing for space on the street with the brand new Audi, the internet connection in the hotel room with no clock or working air conditioning, the monks visiting from Lhasa with their prayer beads and cell phones. Startling, perhaps, to Western eyes, but you might be surprised how quickly it all becomes part of the scenery.

Laowai (literally ‘round eyes’) or foreigners get lots of stares, though mostly curious. At the Giant Buddha in Leshan, my son, who is about 6’ 2”, held several people’s attention. Here we stood in front of this three hundred foot sandstone sculpture and a little woman stood with her back to the Buddha so she could stare up, open-mouthed, at him.

Communication problems? Yes, there were some but fewer than you might imagine. The Beijing Olympics encouraged the country to become more visitor friendly, especially in tourist and public areas. Most signs on highways and in parks and airports have Chinese characters as well as English translations.

But some of the translations are charming at the very least and often hilarious. A few examples:

A sign at the Panda Research Base: “Wildlife is not food.” (we could only assume this meant ‘please don’t feed the animals’)

The name of an establishment: Teahouse Takes a Bath (probably while Wine Shop Makes Dinner)

An advertisement for a new high-rise: “New Condominiums, more luxury than your money can buy!”

And, my favorite, on the box of a remote control toy helicopter: “Fun yourself!”

Awkward turns of phrase aside, with a taxi book, the ability to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ and the wonderful, universal language of numbers, fluency in Mandarin is not required. We were an oddity, certainly, but the people were friendly in their curiosity, the food was amazing and this country, full of history and culture ten thousand years older than anywhere else on the planet, continually astonishes.

It’s a big world, folks; go out and explore.

Angel Martinez

Finn - Coming Soon from Red Rose Publishing

Scenes From A Love Song 2: This Kiss

2009-04-17T08:30:00.023-04:00

by Shirin Dubbin

Adrenalin pumped a steady rhythm in Scarlet’s ears. Twirling her custom set of stakes she speared vampire after vampire, in sync with the pumping of her blood, leaving motes of dust on the night air. The mahogany weapons bore points sharpened to deadly and had been blessed by a pastor, a priest, an imam, a rabbi and a guru. (The girl liked covering her bases.) Hell, she’d even had her favorite baker dust them with cocoa powder. For Scarlet—formerly known as Rose Red—chocolate-mocha-almond-double-fudge cupcakes were a religion. Amen and hallelujah.

Shoot! A vamp scored her lipstick red motorcycle jacket with a five-talon strike. Keep your head in the game girl. Moonlight glinted off the offender’s long fanged grin. Scarlet hop kicked, smashing a steel toe boot into his chin and, following the move, impaled the sucker on the point of a stake. He fractured into dust.

Note: soon as this ordeal ended and her man was safe she’d be headed straight to the pastry alter for some chocolate healing. It wasn’t blasphemy. Scarlet had migrated to this dimension from the Realm of Fairytales where witchcraft was a daily occurrence and casting spells happened as often as saying good mornin’. She and religion were still getting to know one another.

Uppercut. Spin. Kick.

She’d hated living in the Fairytale realm. Girls from the HEA behaved like perfect ladies…or else. Plus, all the men over that side were preening princes, pompous knights or doddering old coots. Over this side she got to be an ass-kicking chick. If her famous sister, Snow, could see her now she’d smack a dwarf and spew apple bits.

Three more vamps went down beneath Scarlet’s whirling stakes.

His scent lit her senses before the man came into view. Blue. She smiled. He burst through the door and onto the roof, taking out vamps with a wooden sword sharp enough to cut a second into two. Blue knew how to make an entrance and Scarlet loved the way he moved.

“Woo weeee! Do it babe!” she hollered as he pivoted his rodeo lean body and took the heads off the vamps encircling him.

They’d been separated for going on two days. Seemed he’d followed the clues to the warehouse same as she had. A happy exhale. She dusted another vamp. She’d missed him something terrible. With things as bad as they were she’d had to face the possibility of never seeing him alive again. She couldn’t live with that.

She loved this man.

In her realm, his counterpart had been called Bluebeard, a stone cold wife killer. She’d tangled with that snake herself but took to dimension hopping before becoming wife number seven. Things were different here. In the Realm of Blood and Darkness he was good ole Blue, a navy haired, vamp slaying machine and body-rocking lover of the first degree.

Amendment to her earlier note: soon as this ordeal ended and her man was safe she’d run straight to the church of Blue for some sexual healing. Amen and hallelujah.

“I’m guessing you’ve got the totem?” he shouted across the moonlit rooftop, beginning to cut a path to her.
“Yep. Beat you to it.” A smile. “Sure seems like they want it back though.”
“Desperately,” he chuckled.
“Well, they can’t have it. You need it to live an’ I need you.”

He winked, punched a vamp so hard its fangs embedded in the wall behind them then cut another into thirds.

What a man.

Damn the vampire princess who’d cursed him. An’ all cause he wouldn’t sire half-vamp, half-slayer babies with her. He just wasn’t the kind of man who dreamed of ruling the world. It was enough for Blue to keep his corner of it safe.

Arcing beads of blood caught the moonlight and her attention. Swinging round she noticed the ragged wound in his abdomen. Desperation to get to him kicked in.

“You’re hurt.”
“Tis only a flesh wound,” he tossed back in his best Monty Python, impaling vamps on rapid lunges.

“No,” she said, “You’re slowing down.” She pulled the dragon totem from the inside pocket of her jacket. A vamp took the opportunity and pounced, looking to remove her head. Scarlet ducked and its talons sliced the band holding her ponytail in place instead. A mantle of garnet hued tresses floated down past her shoulders. The vamp paid for the hairstyling with its unlife.

“Catch!” a four-talon swipe opened her cheek. She ignored it and drew back to toss Blue the little dragon sculpture. (The only thing that would save him)

One second more and she would have made it.

Vamp physics flooded onto the roof and blew the pair to opposite corners. To her credit Scarlet held on to the totem, steeling herself against the blow as she hit the stone ledge. Blue skidded across the rooftop leaving a trail of blood behind and coughing up more as he slowed. He needed the totem to restore his nigh-invulnerability and he needed it now.

“Babe!” she screamed throwing the sculpture with dead accuracy. The vamps dove, seeming to freeze in mid-air, as the sculpture hurled end over end towards its target. One sucker came a hair from intercepting. Blue kicked him in the gut, reached up and caught the little dragon at the same moment a horde of vamps buried him beneath a pile-on tackle.

Scarlet leapt to her feet, scooped up one of her stakes and hightailed it to her love’s aid. A rumbling roar brought her to a sliding stop. Blue shot up from beneath the pile, sending vamps flying to the four winds and cutting them down before they hit the ground.

Oh yeah, he had his powers back. She took out the turn-tails and physics with only one thing on her mind.

Blue dusted the final vamp and ran toward her. They met halfway in an explosion of sparks. He laughed spinning her round and round. All the while staring into her eyes. Anticipation skyrocketed. The kiss he laid on her was so amazing it set her blood to boiling and seared her right down to the soles of her feet. Woo weeee… Steam built up inside her boots. Two seconds later the steel toes blew right off them and went sailing over the ledge. Two more seconds and the couple achieved lift off. Floating in lazy circles they continued to devour one another, setting off rapturous bursts of light. Amen and hallelujah.

Folks all over the city woke up, looked out their windows and swore the Fourth had come early this year. Some saw lovers silhouetted against the moon. And the music? They all heard that.

“This kiss, this kiss. Unstoppable.” Bliss.
Inspiration: This Kiss by Faith Hill

Hope you liked SFALS: This Kiss. If so look out for my urban fantasy romance, Keeper of the Way

New Releases 16 April

2009-04-16T05:59:00.002-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ April 16, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

PICKING COTTON
Cotton Series: Book 1
K.T. Bishop

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-234-4
Price: 4.99

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How much would you give up to fulfill your dreams?

ML Cotton spent his entire life pursuing to become a rare black quarterback at a Division I-A school in the Deep South. Searching for a part-time job in a restaurant, he accidentally finds out about a Cajun quarterback camp in the Louisiana Superdome for rising senior prospects. He arrived at the University of New Orleans, where getting lost was the best thing that ever happened to him.

He met this sexy, Cajun Caucasian cheerleader named Jennifer Monet, who gave him directions to the camp and capturing his heart. Automatically he falls in love with the green-eyed beauty.

Along the way, he lands a scholarship to Tampa University, fulfilling his lifelong dream.

Can ML and Jennifer's romance overcame obstacles such as Hurricane Charo destroying her home and his mother disapproving their relationship?

CHERRY CRUSH
Silk Feathers: Book 1
Stephanie Burke

Erotic Romance: Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-327-3
Price: 1.99

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"I want you to take my virginity..."

Those were the last words that Swordmaster Chan expected to hear from his best friend and tenant. And it was the question awakened desires he had carefully hidden from Marlena.

But the fates conspired to bring them together and they will have their way amidst an explosion of terror that could not be believed, and passion only imagined.

In the face of danger, angst, and a paranormal passion, Chan will prove himself to be the perfect man (kind of) her dark defender, and the only male to ensure that her cherry is well and truly crushed.

THE WOLF'S REVENGE
Sanctuary Moon: First Howl
Aline de Chevigny

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-328-0
Price: $1.99

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Cain O'Toole had been the Alpha Male of his Clan, Alpha King of the City by night and a cop by day for so long he'd forgotten how to feel anything but dread. His life was always full of surprises but none as big as the day Yvette (Yvee) Geron, his mate and the love he'd never gotten over walked back into his life.

Yvee was there to ask for his help, she was willing to do anything he asked, if only he'd help her escape from the rogue wolf who wanted her blood.

What's a wolf to do when forced to choose between duty and love?

COUNTRY GOLD
Leah Leonard

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal
ISBN: 978-1-60435-119-4
Price: $5.99

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Susie Bell goes to a psychic development circle to amuse her friend but never imagines that she would develop a powerful intuitive gift of her own and definitely never thought she'd meet the sexy country singer, Ronnie Vaughn.

Tone deaf Susie is even more surprised when Ronnie's deceased grandfather began to visit her in her dreams, transcribing country music for his grandson to sing so he could launch his music career. Ronnie is overcome by the raw beauty and sensitivity of Susie and the sacrifices she was making of her time, and eventually of herself, to help him succeed.

Soon the two are entwined both personally and professionally in a love affair to last their lifetime and Ronnie is destined to become one of the greatest country singers of all time.

~ New Releases (Print) ~

ACKNOWLEDGING MEIRION (Print)
Zenobia Renquist

Mainstream Romance: Science Fiction/Futuristic, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-918-3
Price: $8.99

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No acknowledgment—but is true love the exception?

Meirion Flatt is one of a handful of people participating in the human version of a nature show for an alien race known as the Fey. Kiar, one of the three men chosen to film her, has awakened emotions in her she hasn’t felt since her husband died. She can’t tell if the feelings are mutual or one-sided, but she’s willing to find out.

Kiar takes great pride in doing his job correctly and that pride means everything to him. The network he works for has a strict rule of no acknowledgment. He’s meant to observe, not interact—no matter what. When Meirion sets out to seduce him, his job becomes that much harder.

Two of the universe's most stubborn people are about to clash in a new battle of the sexes. This competition has no rules and neither Meirion nor Kiar is willing to lose. It's her heart versus his pride. Will victory lead to joint happiness or both their defeats as Kiar struggles against... Acknowledging Meirion

HOLD ON
LaVerne Thompson

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-954-1
Price: $8.99

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One phone call changed both their lives.

A real life knight in shining armor, except he isn't in armor he's in a suit. But the first time Lena Douglas lays eyes on Stephan Grayson that's what he seems to her. He saves her from a violence that still haunts her nights, but at least he's there to hold her should she wake. But the nightmare's not over, it stalks them both now. Something from her past that will not let go.

But then neither will Stephan. He saved her once and he's not about to let anyone, especially Lena, stand in the way of what is happening between them.

But will Stephan always be there to shield her from her past?

I'm Delilah K. Stephans and I'm an addict

2009-04-15T00:01:00.002-04:00

My name is Delilah K. Stephans and I’m an addict – but I have no desire to beat my addiction. I’m not addicted to alcohol or drugs or sex – well maybe sex as in hot romance novel sex. No, I’m addicted to creating worlds and characters then sharing them. I’m a writer. That’s what I do. I love the “What if…” that every story begins with. I love watching the words fly onto the page – it’s a high for me. I love that moment when the thought crystallizes into the perfect phrase and I even love helping other authors find the phrase.

Did you know that Johanna Lindsey started her writing career because she thought she could write a better book than she was reading? Or that Sherrilyn Kenyon wrote her first book at age 8? In the second grade I used to write stories on the backs of my test papers. Writers must write. It’s an itch that is always there, even when we convince ourselves that being published is impossible.

Why shouldn’t we convince ourselves of that? The world is full of naysayers that are more than willing to tell you that it’s impossible. I used to believe them! Not anymore. I know better and will let you in on the secret.

The secret to getting a publishing contract – Write it, Polish it, and submit it. You may get rejected. Harry Potter was rejected 9 times! Madeline L’Engles A Wrinkle in Time was rejected 26 times. The Diary of Anne Frank was rejected 16 times. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was rejected 26 times. So, don’t let one rejection stop you. Keep trying. Take online courses to improve your skills. Join critique groups. Find a writing partner that will kick you in the butt and not allow you to do one bit less than your best.

The only person who can give up on your dreams is you. I know I had given up on mine – until last year when a friend said “If you don’t submit this – I’m going to kick your ass.” Thanks Mickey! And thanks Antonia Tiranth for being my biggest cheerleader! So I did. Now I’m waiting for my release date.

Writing may never make me wealthy – but that’s ok. Working hasn’t . At least now, I’m enjoying what I do. Believe me – doing something you love and struggling is 1000 times better than doing something you hate and being comfortable.

Oh that book that Mickey convinced me to submit? Sarah’s Story: Time Displacement Corps Book 1 – coming soon from Red Rose Publishing. (That is such a cool thing to say!) http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=462

And I’ll leave you with an excerpt:

“Why did you grab me like that?” My father always said that the best defense was a good offense. Honestly, I hoped he’d jump up and throw a typical male snit fit, anything to keep my mind off wondering what he’d look like out of that uniform. The man didn’t answer me immediately, only stood and dusted the back of his pants off. It was then I noticed the two soldiers behind him with rifles, one pointed at me and the other behind me and to the left. Sam! No wonder he hadn’t leapt to my defense.

Oh shit! My temper and loathing of being grabbed had landed me in hot water—again.

Screw hot water. Think boiling Sarah, boiling.

Luckily, it seemed I had an angel standing next to me, because the man motioned to the soldiers behind him and the rifles lowered. My knees went weak with relief and I fought to remain standing as I brought my racing heartbeat back under control.

“Madam, I apologize for grabbing you so suddenly.” His voice, a sexy baritone rumble set my hormones humming. Then he smiled.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Johnny Depp might make the girls swoon in the future but they hadn’t seen this man! Jeez, I was in trouble. As furious as I had been about him grabbing me, a new emotion raced through me now. Desire.

Damn him for smiling.

Breathe, Sarah. Breathe.

New Releases 09 April

2009-04-09T06:31:00.001-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ April 09, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

FOOL FOR LOVE
Nâtâlicia Series: Book 1

Cassandra Gold

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, GLBT (m/m)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-321-1
Price: $3.99

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Forty-five-year-old college professor Vincent Norton expects to spend the rest of his life alone. After all, he had more than twenty years with the love of his life before losing him to an accident. When he meets his 21-year-old neighbor, Vince is shocked and upset to find himself once again attracted to someone, but this time, it’s a man half his age.

College student Rob Bridges has always liked older men, but even he’s a little surprised at how attractive he finds his much older neighbor. Once he realizes he wants Vince, Rob sets his mind on catching him.

Will Vince let himself be caught, or will his indecision ruin their chance at happiness?

TRAPPING A WOLF
Sanctuary Moon: First Howl
Michelle Hasker

Mainstream Romance: Paranormal (Shifter)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-308-2
Price: $0.99

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Trapping Malcolm in a mountain cabin for the weekend had sounded like fun at first. She's had the hots for him forever. When Malcolm doesn't return her enthusiasm, the dream weekend turns into the weekend from hell. Between the raging blizzard, and a sulking Malcolm who acts like a caged animal. With it more than obvious they'll never be more than friends, Kristi decides to drown her sorrows in a bottle. But as the night wears on, she begins to wonder if there may be a chance for them after all.

SHOTGUN WEDDING
Cia Leah

Mainstream Romance: Western, Historical/Period
ISBN: 978-1-60435-317-4
Price: $1.99

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Luke Callahan is bound and determined that he isn't going to be tricked into a shotgun wedding no matter how tempting Cassie is. Sweet lips, a sensual body, and tempting a man isn't enough to give up a man's freedom, or is it?

SOMETHING PUMPING
Marie Rochelle

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-326-6
Price: $3.99

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Plumber Cage Harrison didn’t have a clue that when he answered a plumbing problem at Nothing Too Old that he would meet her. She was everything and he meant everything he was looking for in a woman: Sexy, intelligent, beautiful and independent. He wanted to get to know her better, but would she be interested in dating a blue collar man like him?

Jaleena Falcon could barely keep herself from falling over the man that came to her rescue about her plumping problem. Lord, she didn’t think the world made hunks like him anymore. She couldn’t wait to get to know Cage better.

However, two things might prevent that from happening, her ex-con brother and Cage’s ex-girlfriend who doesn’t seem to be able to let him go.

VALKYRIE
Angela Skaggs

Mainstream Romance: Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-60435-304-4
Price: $1.99

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The Gods and Mortals Ball is a once in a lifetime event and only those who are searching for their heart's desire gain entrance.

Valerie Mason is tired of being alone with only her cat for company. When an invitation comes along with a chance to change her life, does she dare to take it and find her heart's true desire?

Magni Thorson has been alone for 500 years.

When he's asked to attend the annual God's and Mortal's Ball in his father's stead, will he find the passion to reawaken his heart?

THE APOLOGY
Zena Wynn

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Inspirational, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-314-3
Price: 1.99

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Based on a true story. One woman’s tale of love, betrayal and ultimately, forgiveness.

When Nina Wallace receives an email from an old lover apologizing for his behavior during their relationship four years earlier, it sets off a storm of emotions.

Can she really forgive him for his mistreatment of her?

If she does, will she give him another chance?

~ Re-Release (eBook) ~

FAITH'S TEARS
Aliyah Burke

Mainstream Romance: Urban Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-325-9
Price: $2.99

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Can a woman who lives her life based on logic and tangible things trust in the love and belief of a man claiming to be a magical being, a selkie?

From the moment his gaze landed on her dark beauty, Rowan Kilgour knew she was his life-mate. Despite his feelings, he knew she deserved a chance to experience life before she was tied to him forever. So he waited. Seventeen years. And now that he's found her again, he'll be damned before he lets her go.

Faith Henderson still wore the pendant given to her years ago by a senior in high school when she was a sophomore. While visiting the Isle of Skye she is reunited with him. His dark hair, muscular body, and dark chocolate mousse eyes still had the power to turn her into a puddle. Add to that his thick Scottish brogue and she was putty.

Can Rowan convince Faith that their lives are intertwined? Will she get past her disbelief in magic to see him for what he truly is? And accept him for it? Or will a darkness from her past keep them separated for all eternity?

Sometimes all destiny needs is salt water, in Rowan's case all he needed was… Faith's Tears

This title originally published as part of the Dark Waters Anthology.

~ New Releases (Print) ~

DRAGON STAR (Print)
Dragonish Series: Book 1
Stephanie Burke

Erotic Romantic: Paranormal - Shifters, Menage, Interracial/Multicultural, GLBT (m/m/f/m)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-952-7
Price: $6.99

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Tempting and teasing, Dragons oh so pleasing! Or are they?

Dragons, shape shifters, Oh My!

Left to die in the searing heat of the desert floor, a sacrifice to the scavengers that inhabit its sandy depths, the nameless female struggled to save her own life.

As a foundling, she had always done so. When she turned down the son of the leader of her village, she found herself cast to the vicious Scabs and their never-ending hunger.

But then something came to her aid!

A large talking lizard with more attitude than brains was there, carrying her off to a strange new world inhabited by the Dragonish.

Now she was the future mate of a strange man, a submissive for breeding purposes, a desired and treasured female, and the fourth in an all male family quad that just didn't make sense to her.

But when instincts take over and mating fever burns bright, who can resist being the Dragon's Star?

THE WATERMELON RIOT (Print)
Melissa Glisan

Erotic Romance: Interracial/Multicultural, Contemporary, Action/Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-60435-910-7
Price: $7.99

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What can be more boring than covering the local produce festival?

Reporter Scott Reneau’s world changes forever when local history mixes with Michelle Butler, the newsroom wallflower, to explode in an uprising of emotions in The Watermelon Riot.

Old letters drew Scott Reneau from his high paying journalism career in Portland Maine to the small southern town of Gallatin Arkansas. Now working the news desk for a rural paper, he found himself demoted and again staring at a pile of old letters.

Michelle Butler was a local girl from the top of her head to the soles of her feet, but she’d been burned by big city dreams and men. When she decided to take a chance on Scott and share her family’s passionate history, she hoped to catch the sexy reporter’s eye, but her grandparents had other plans in mind.

Will he be able to realize that there is more to local images? Will he be able to fight the fire within him that the caramel colored beauty erupts in him?

This title was previously published. It has been revised and re-edited for Red Rose™ Publishing.

EUREKA POINT (Print)
The Special Agent Series: Book 1
Betty Ann Harris

Mainstream Romance: Suspense/Mystery, Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-970-1
Price: $8.99

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Looking for your knight in shining armour?

Running as fast as you can, trying to avoid danger, into the arms of safety or is it?

Katie Montgomery, learns that her estranged husband, Craig Montgomery, has been deceiving her and is involved with a dangerous South American drug cartel. He becomes a fugitive and leaves Katie alone and in danger. The FBI is afraid that the drug cartel thinks Katie may know all about their drug operation, and to protect her the FBI assists her in assuming a new identity. Then enters Tom, the FBI special agent assigned to protect her. He is totally smitten with her and will do anything to protect her. They fall for each other but Katie cannot allow herself to give in and show her true feelings.

Unexpected twists and turns keep you on your toes as you root for Tom, who turns out to be the modern day knight in shining armor.

Are you up to finding out about a Special Agent?

ANCIENT WALLS (Print)
Jennifer Mueller

Mainstream Romance: Suspense/Mystery, Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-962-6
Price: $8.99

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What is the worst thing that could go wrong on a vacation?

Maya Montgomery just wants a vacation with her son, that's it, but with her ex giving her trouble to the point of needing a restraining order, even relaxing involves a fight. At least until everyone in the hotel is kept inside with days of rain. After the way her ex has been all it will take is someone being nice to her and Carson is nothing but nice. Nice to look at, nice to talk to, nice to go to bed with.

For once in her life, things are looking up, until her son is kidnapped and the note orders her to find a hidden treasure. Treasure not everyone is even convinced exists and her son's life depends on it. So much for a peaceful vacation.

Will Maya be able to find her son? Is Carson involved in this whole mess or the nasty ex-boyfriend out for revenge?

BENEATH THE SURFACE (Print)
Marie Rochelle

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-906-0
Price: $9.99

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Are you able to see what is hidden right under your eyes?

Rynne Slater, a twenty-eight year old, gorgeous, intelligent African American woman has been tied to her desk for the past six years working on a miracle scar remover. She hasn’t thought about dating anyone until she meets the local town hermit, Pierce McMahon. Rynne promises not to let herself fall for Pierce, but that vow is put to the test as she wants to learn more about the man beneath the hood.

Pierce McMahon hasn’t been approached by any woman since his ex-girlfriend cut up his face in a fit of anger. He always thought he didn’t want a woman’s company anymore. But that all goes out the window when he opens his front door and finds the alluring ebony beauty Rynne standing on his porch. More than anything, he wants to make her his and he refuses to allow the narrow-minded opinions of her brother or his sister to stand in his way. But how can he make that happen when a whole town hates him because of the way he look.

Will Rynne finally be the one to look… Beneath the Surface?

ANGENI (Print)
Cricket Sawyer

Erotic Romance: Urban Fantasy, Interracial/Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense
ISBN: 978-1-60435-971-8
Price: $8.99

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Angeni sings her songs with a passion that melts men's hearts, especially Kaus' when he discovers a voice like angels singing at an out of the way Casino. He is immediately on a mission to capture her heart and make her his. She sees him as arrogant, head strong and not her type. Why does he warm her center with the slightest glance in her direction? Angeni is a fledgling shape shifter who can transport herself when she shifts into her spider form. She finds controlling anything around Kaus is nearly impossible.

When her lecherous Casino boss breaks into her house one night, she flees into the woods, only to be run down by a large wolf. Fearing for her life, she soon discovers that the wolf meant her no harm. However the next day, she discovers the intruder dead, torn apart by a large animal.

Remembering the wolf she encountered in the woods last night, he haunts her mind. His eyes, they look familiar where has she seen them before?

This title was previously published. It has been revised and re-edited for Red Rose™ Publishing.

Cassandra Gold interivew up on Radio Dentata!

2009-04-06T15:29:00.001-04:00

Today at 1 PM PST and again at 4 PM PST, Listen to Sascha Illyvich interivew Red Rose Author Cassandra Gold as she talks sex, books and more :)

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Silken Sands Conference

2009-04-02T20:23:00.001-04:00

March 2009 Contest Winners

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Pot o' Gold Scavenger Hunt March 2009 Winners:

Margaret Sneyd (Surrey, UK)
Food for the Gods by Camille Anthony

Afshan Nawaz (NY)
The Other Half of Your Heart by Janis Susan May

Katika Floyd (VA)
Skin Deep by Marilyn Lee

Iris Santiago (IL)
Dangerous Bet: Troy's Revenge by Marie Rochelle

Sonya Hucks (OH)
Chamberlain's Knight by Skyler Grey

Trish Wakeman (Queensland, AUS)
Road To Casablanca By Leah Leonard

Phyllis N. Crabtree (FL)
Feathers on the Wind: The Cygnets by Camille Anthony

Musings About Research, by Debra Denson

2009-03-29T16:49:00.006-04:00

I attended high school/college during the late 60s-early 70s, when research depended solely on the quality of the library to which one had access. I passed many hours of my young life in San Diego, at its public and private (university) libraries. My instructors doggedly refused to allow any short cuts such as Cliff Notes, rather they insisted upon authentically documented research. I would look-up articles in a vast tome, fill out a chit of paper and hand it to an aged librarian, who disappeared into the bowels of the library. Then I waited, hoping one of those references would provide that special bit of color for my project. If not, well back to the drawing board, as they say.
My how times have changed! While writing my second novel, set in 1811, I wanted to use an actual playhouse of the era. With the click of a mouse and carefully worded queries (and that’s the crux, wording your question to achieve results) via Google, I discovered the Federal Street Theatre, located in downtown Boston of that time. Further clicks revealed local boarding houses, where it was likely such travelers/tradesmen would be housed. I then retrieved a readable map of historic Boston and was able to pinpoint one of these quaint ‘hotels’ a few blocks from the theatre. Wow, all of that in a matter of minutes (well, maybe nearer to an hour).
During this process I stumbled across a bonus, and the creative writer loves options. Odd as it seems, the Eastern United States was visited by a seismic event in 1811 and 1812 called The New Madrid Earthquake. Centered in Missouri, it was felt as far away as Boston. Although I manipulated the timing a bit (is that called creative license?) this offered the perfect distraction needed to evacuate the theatrical troop safely from the US before the War of 1812 erupted. It also added wonderful color to a romantic tryst between my two major characters! Did the earth move?
I have been an avid reader of historical romances from my early days in high school, having cut my teeth on one of the greats of the genre, Anya Seton. I attribute a great deal of knowledge, a love of English history and perhaps an inspiration to be a writer, from the remarkable detail of her books. I also doff my hat to a more recent inspiration: Patrick O’Brian. My father built sailboats and passed on his passion to me. Although when I began these novels, my knowledge was rudimentarily, by the time I finished the twenty-first book my education included a minutiae of maritime knowledge, including rigging, sails and masts, foods eaten and prepared aboard, weapons: from cannonades to muskets, and the differences between a sloop, a frigate and a xebec, just to name a few. This was entirely unplanned research, but what a fantastic journey!
My upcoming novel Magician’s Spell takes place aboard a 36-gun privateer during the early 1800s. Upon reading further books in the nautical genre by various well-known authors, I began to wonder what would happen if a woman were thrown into this masculine dominated world? Granted, at times gunner’s wives were aboard to look after younger midshipmen, and oft times a captain might travel with his wife, my intention, however, was to introduce a feminine interest who would not be relegated to being a mere passenger. Thus came about Johanna Cornehl, the independent daughter of a Lord Admiral of the Royal Navy. To introduce more explosives into the mix, her father was instrumental in court-martialing the captain of Magician, the ship on which she travels. The relationship arising between Lady Cornehl and Captain “Hal” Monroe provides the primary romantic theme, which develops amid plenty of adventure, including battles at sea, a frolic in the theatre, an imprudent affair, misguided obsessions, and a nasty bastard whose disappointed greed leads to kidnapping and ransom. This villain provides the impetus for a secondary plot exploit involving an American slave who escaped his abuse only to be rediscovered, much to her chagrin, during his quest for vengeance against Hal and Johanna.

There is a lot of juicy intrigue and action to keep readers interested. If you like historical novels with lots of action, I hope this brief peek will encourage you to download Magician’s Spell when it becomes available from Red Rose Publishing.

2009-03-27T13:44:00.007-04:00

Roses of Prose

What is that old line "... a rose, is a rose, is a rose..." now multiply that by five! Five Roses from Red Rose Publishing have joined together to captivate you with their collective thoughts in a new blog called "Roses of Prose".

Come and meet five talented authors as they discuss their lives, their loves, and their books. If you comment on our blog between March 30 and April 30, you might win a dozen red roses. Each day you comment is another contest entry.

I'm Lisa Lipkind Leibow. My rose is white with red edges. It signifies unity. When I craft a story, I strive to relate all literary elements into a harmonious whole. I write contemporary women's fiction with multi-cultural characters and elements of romance and historical fiction.

My debut novel, Double Out and Back is coming soon from Red Rose Publishing (mainstream fiction). Three women's lives are intricately intertwined, as Amelia Schwartz and Summer Curtis struggle with the complex dynamics of intrafamily embryo adoption, and Chandy Markum strives to make her patients' dreams a reality.

I'm Amber Leigh Williams, and my rose is vibrant orange. Orange roses represent desire and enthusiasm. Since I began my journey as an author, I sought never to write a story without the whole of my heart. It takes every ounce of wit, energy, and passion a writer possesses to bring a great story to life on the page. For me, the orange rose is a reminder never to give a story anything less than 100% of my devotion.

I write romance across the genres. My romantic adventure Fox & Hound about a pair of jewel thieves on a quest for payback is my debut novel with Red Rose Publishing. Romantic suspense Denied Origin takes an heiress on the run across the globe. Western romance novella Blackest Heart follows a famous actress home to Wayback, TX to find solace in the arms of a silent cowboy. The sequel, Bluest Heart, is coming soon. Contemporary romance A Summer's Hope is the first story in my hometown series about the lonely-hearted proprietress of Hanna's Inn on the Mobile Bay and the haunted man who comes to stay at Hanna's and changes her life forever.

Hi, I'm Laura Breck. I write sexy contemporary love stories, "Sensual romance where good girls tame bad boys in America's most glamorous cities." I chose a lavender rose because it represents love at first sight. My heroines are strong, accomplished women who allow themselves to succumb to only one weakness--a consuming blaze of desire whenever that strong, gorgeous man is in sight. My heroes are men who sense that this woman is different; they hear the voice in their head whispering, "She's the one." Of course, they both fight it; they're both too smart to believe in it, but love at first sight is inescapable.

My first novel to be published is scheduled for release late this summer from Red Rose Publishing. It's titled Las Vegas Strip. Mistaken for a blackmailer, socialite Valerie Kane will do anything to keep sexy Italian crime writer Antonio Daniato from publicly exposing her, and Antonio is very interested in seeing how far Valerie will go to protect her reputation.

Hi, I'm Kianna Alexander. While I may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, I can write a tall tale in a single sitting. Born and raised among the pine trees of North Carolina, I have always been a voracious reader. Cereal boxes, billboards, and other unconventional sources fed my unquenchable appetite for the written word. Soon, as I entered adolescence, I realized that I enjoy writing the words as much as I enjoy reading them.

First, I tried my hand at poetry, but upon discovering it to be both sappy and crappy, I moved on to plays. That was short lived, as I felt writing those darn stage directions both boring and maddening! Around the dawn of the 21st century, I decided to try prose. After writing that first short story, I never looked back.

I'm Nancy O'Berry, my rose is the yellow rose, which stands for loyalty and friendship. I write sensual contemporary and historical stories of the West. I enjoy weaving the tales of adventure and romance that made our country come alive.

I just released the first two books of my Sweetbrier Academy series; Having Faith and Holding on to Hope. Both are set in 1870's rough and tough Wyoming Territory. It takes a strong woman and an equally strong man to tame a land. That’s the way I look at my hero and heroine. I hope you'll come by soon and meet Faith, Hope, and Charity as they teach us about love and grasping for that gold ring on the merry -go- round of life.

We welcome you to Roses of Prose. Join us for our first month on our new blog and you might win a dozen red roses! Details are listed on www.rosesofprose.blogspot.com/ See you there!

New Releases 26 March

2009-03-26T08:19:00.004-04:00

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ March 26, 2009 ~

New Releases (eBook)

DEVIL'S EMBRACE by Victoria Chapman

Erotic Romance: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery
ISBN: 978-1-60435-302-0

What happens when a young woman falls in love with someone who is not what they seem?

Jane’s life takes a mysterious turn when Nick Devilin moves into the loft above her apartment. He is gorgeous, seductive, and oh so helpful. And Jane needs help. The FBI suspects her boyfriend of being a serial killer, and the enemies at her place of work are trying to get her fired. But things are about to change. The boyfriend leaves town unexpectedly, and Jane’s enemies disappear in ingenious ways.

Nick invites her to spend two weeks with him on Paradise Island, and she finds scalding passion in his arms. She also wins millions at a roulette table. Nick always knows the right numbers to bet, and the right buttons to push to make Jane feel loved. But is he the answer to Jane’s prayer, or her worst nightmare?

And then there is Patrick Rogan, the handsome FBI Agent who wants to save Jane from herself. Will she turn to him for love, or choose Nick who could be Satan wearing a human body?

This title was previously published. It has been revised and re-edited for Red Rose™ Publishing.

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EDUCATION OF SIMON LANE by Pat Cromwell

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural
ISBN: 978-1-60435-315-0

Simon Lane was the bad boy Lillian Rouilard always dreamed of. Rolling into Lilly’s life like a runaway train, she was thrilled by the ride but when it was all said and done, he'd left a mess that she could not make her way out of. Simon’s old man always said he would bring misery to anyone who loved him. He ignored his father’s words until Simon’s own cruel actions resulted in losing Lilly—the one bright light in his otherwise dismal existence.

Thrown back together by chance, Lilly will either be healed of the pain he inflicted or be left just as broken as before. This time the choices Simon makes will be the hardest yet because added to the mix is Simon’s new fiancé Millicent who harbors a few secrets of her own. He undertakes a gamble he’s not even sure he is worthy to win.

Was his father right all along? Would he ever learn?

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STRAY by Cassandra Gold

Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Shifter), GLBT (m/m)

ISBN: 978-1-60435-316-7

J's life has been tough ever since his father disowned him for being gay, but when his abusive boyfriend kicks him out, things get even worse.

While searching for a shelter to spend the night in, J is accosted by a strange man who needs a place to hide. Despite his fear, J agrees to take the man with him to a safe place.

Will helping the stranger turn out to be yet another mistake, or will it lead him to happiness at last?

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MEANWHILE by Rorrey Lynch

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-1-60435-305-1

Eli and Simone had a love that was destined to fail. Loving Eli has left Simone with quashed hopes and lost dreams but also with timeless emotional truths . . .

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MURDER BY MISTAKE by J.K. Maze

Mainstream Fiction: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery

ISBN: 978-1-60435-311-2

A dead artist is stalking Mollie Fenwick. How inconvenient.

Mollie's new life as a widow is turned upside down when she has a psychic vision of a murder being committed in her new apartment – and it comes true. She knows she should put her trust in Detective Bartholomew, but she'd not only have to admit to being psychic, she'd be under another man's control as she was with her husband. Using her artistic ability, and with the help of her aunt and a former special forces Native American, she tracks down the killer, which puts her in danger, and at odds with the hunky detective.

When they finally work together, they search for the killer among a gang of thieves and also try to learn the secret of the dead artist. During their investigation, Mollie learns that keeping secrets can be deadly, and there's a big difference between caring and controlling.

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A ROOF FOR THE RAIN by Katrina Strauss

Erotic Romance: GLBT (m/m), Science Fiction/Futuristic
ISBN: 978-1-60435-309-9

In a world with nothing left to lose, can one man find hope in another?

It's the year 2031. The rain doesn't fall, while access to water is controlled by a ruthless few. In the midst of this harsh, barren world, Jacob has taken up his father's mantle as leader of the rebellion against the Water Lords.

Loyalty and sacrifice have their place in Jacob's life, but there's little room for love. Gorgeous recruit Ethan at least meets Jacob's physical needs, but duty to their cause comes first.

When a killer dust blizzard interrupts a scouting mission, memories of Jacob's painful past hit him full force.

Will he find shelter from the storm in the form of Ethan's love?

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Thanksgiving by Cassandra Gold

Erotic Romance: Contemporary, GLBT (m/m), Holiday (Thanksgiving)
ISBN: 978-1-60435-972-5
Price: $9.49

A vacation in Paradise, but is it?

For fifteen years, slacker Teddy Christopher and straight-laced Parker Denton have been best friends, despite the numerous scrapes Teddy has gotten them in. When Teddy invites Parker to come with him on a working vacation to check out a resort his father is considering buying to add to the Fantasies chain, Parker doesn’t hesitate to go.

Then an unexpected and unwelcome visitor from home arrives, and somehow Parker finds himself caught up in another one of Teddy’s wild schemes in order to get rid of her. Now Teddy’s acting strangely, Parker’s feeling things he shouldn’t be, and they’re both forced to play roles.

Can their friendship survive this vacation?

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INFIDELITY by Debbie Gould

Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense
ISBN: 978-1-60435-916-9
Price: $9.99

Melanie's marriage ended abruptly. And violently. In an act of self defense she ended her abusive husband's life and lost her unborn baby. Moving back home to Vermont , with the help of her brother and an old high school sweetheart, Melanie begins to heal. Someone, though, doesn't want Melanie to recover. They want her dead.

Will she be stronger than the person who wants to end her life?

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2009-03-24T00:05:00.003-04:00

Thursday, March 26, 2009 is the date Murder By Mistake will be released. This is the first book in the Mollie Fenwick Mystery Series. To purchase this ebook, go to redrosepublishing.com. To take a look at my website, go to http://www.joanmaze.com/

Here's the cover for Murder By Mistake:

To all those first time published authors out there, I'd like to know how the first book release affected your life. For my part, all the work connected to this, editing, promoting, figuring out tech stuff, has resulted in less time for reading and writing.

Coming soon

2009-03-21T15:24:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this so I hope that it comes out right. I just wanted to let everyone know that my first book Resemblance, is coming soon from Red Rose Publishing. The edits have been completed and I wanted to thank everyone at Red Rose Publishing, for making this a grand and exciting adventure and I'm sure that this is only the beginning. I wanted to also thank my editor Michelle Ellis, with her help and insight I understand more of what I'm doing with my writing. I'd also like to thank Nancy Donahue for doing such a great job with my cover art.
I'll post again as soon as I have the release date.

Remember, give love to receive love.

Yolanda Stokes

www.ylstokes.com
http://www.myspace.com/ylstokes

Late dinners???

2009-03-21T07:00:00.000-04:00

Aloha RRP! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!!

Last night my sister and I went to one of our favorite local bar/restaurants. To our surprise there was a little girl with her mom sitting at the table next to us. Now before I say anything else, in our hometown it’s not normal for kids to be in a restaurant that late(11pm), in fact there are laws against it; the reason why we were surprised to see her there. She looked to be about 8-9 years old, and was sitting there crying and begging her mom to leave. What does her mother do? She makes fun of her crying. Granted I didn’t know the situation and why she would bring a child to a place where everyone is sitting around drinking (some heavily drinking). Still at the same time I felt the child’s distress, and of course I was outraged that this woman would make fun of her child like that.

But then I stopped to think. Maybe I was over reacting, and it’s not unusual for parents to do that. So this is where ya’ll come in, and I’ll love to hear what ya’ll think.

Is it normal to tag your children along when going out for late dinners?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Aloha,
Dee
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