The theme for this week’s Hot For Fridays is a scene with sexual tension. Mine is from Eruption: Yellowblown Book One, from my New Adult contemporary romance series. Aquaintances Boone and Violet just met by accident on a bike ride, and after a tough climb, are heading back to their dorm. She’s been crushing on him for awhile,… Continue Reading
Not everyone gets to have a romantic Valentine’s Day, and Violet Perch, the main character in Eruption, has had a series of bad ones. Last year, her high school boyfriend proposed to her in front of the entire school at the Valentine’s Day dance. (She said no.) Unfortunately, in this excerpt, we see her the next… Continue Reading
Here’s the moody cover for Endless as the Rain, book one in the Taken series by M.S. Kaye. BLURB When Adriane Graham discovers a city councilman is part of an embezzlement ring, she doesn’t realize her life is in danger until Alec Kadan, the son of a mobster, kidnaps her—not to kill but to protect her. But… Continue Reading
This excerpt is from a novella, Love Like A River, I’ve included in the collection Love Historicals Presents Lost In A Kiss: Eight Sweet and Sensual Novellas. My story is definitely on the sensual side. Gratia is alone in a garden by the Danube, at night, when this happens. EXCERPT She met the stone wall,… Continue Reading
Visiting today on First Sight Saturday is Alica Dean with, Ruined, her vintage romance novella, part of the Martini Club 4 series written by several authors and set in the 1920s. Here’s more from Alicia about the origins of the series. Ruined is part of a fun series I did in conjunction with three of… Continue Reading
Charlemagne died on January 28, 814, after four years of declining health. Born to rule the Franks, he’d been sole king since 771 when his younger brother died, and amassed such an impressive empire that in 800 the Pope named him Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne crowned his son Louis as a co-emporer in 813. After Charlemagne’s… Continue Reading
Does Yellowstone have geologic potential beyond the geo-thermal features you can enjoy on vacation? Has it ever produced more than puffs of steam and bubbly mud? Read this brief post to find out, and feed your inner geek. In my last post on the topic of Yellowstone, I discussed what gives it the heat, and… Continue Reading
I’ve been so hungry lately. Not an uncommon affliction for me in January when my brain reverts to its starving caveman ancestry. Anyway, I thought that as good reason as any to share a food excerpt from Vain, when Lily is feeding a peach to the badly wounded Theo. This book is on sale this… Continue Reading
I published a book a few years back that is sort of a loner. It’s my only full-length sweet romance, the only historical set in America, the only book not part of a series. My ignored orphan is called Sass Meets Class, and inattentive as I’ve been to it, I still think it a lovely… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago I posted some concise talking points about Yellowstone so you could sound smart at your holiday gatherings, and I promised a continuing path to geekdom. Join the journey today, as I expand on point number one. Yellowstone is hot like a romance hero. Well, duh, everybody knows that. It’s gorgeous, steamy,… Continue Reading
