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1. Book Notes
Bringing you new releases, chats, and
book signings from your favorite
Passionate Ink authors!
www.passionateink.org September 2009 Vol. 4, No. 9
Book Releases
The Stranger I Married Desire to Die For
By Sylvia Day 978-0758214751 By Jessica Lee 978-1-59632-986-7
Lady Pelham could not have designed a husband Kenric St. James wants revenge. After two centuries
more suited to her needs. The Marquess of Grayson of denying his body’s needs and with vengeance
is a dear and enchanting friend and an unrepentant finally at hand, the last thing he expected to find was
ladies man. Their union is solid; their hearts safe the one woman he burns to claim as his own. If only
from one another. But every marriage has its giving her his love wouldn’t surely mean her death.
surprises!
All Emily Ross desires is time alone to learn who
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her heart. The last thing she wants is another
controlling, dominant male calling all the shots, in
bed and out. Never would she have thought
stopping her car one night to save a dying man
might change her mind, and her life, forever.
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2. Passionate Ink Authors
Beg For It
Another Night, Another Dream
By Minx Malone 9781419923593
By Mechele Armstrong 978-1-59632-990-4
The only thing ad executive Mya Taylor loves
more than winning is her best friend Milo Cassie thought she'd convinced her friends not to
Hamilton. Nothing has ever come between them -- throw her a birthday party, but not only is there a
until she finds out Milo is her chief rival for a new party, there's a stripper. After being insulted by a party
account. goer, Cassie gets trapped in a stairwell. Aden, and
Leo, follow her out to check on her, but they get
Milo’s not sure when it happened but his secret trapped in with her. To distract Cassie from a
crush has morphed into an obsession. He wants claustrophobic panic attack, the boys start up a game
Mya in his bed, screaming his name, and he of Truth or Dare. Cassie reveals her fantasy to have a
knows just how to make it happen. threesome, and one by one, hearts, souls, and bodies
are laid bare. It's a fantasy come true, and so much
When he proposes a friendly wager on the more, but when the game's over, will it turn out to be
account, he knows the ultra-competitive Mya just another night, another dream?
won’t be able to resist. She’s more than ready to
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lay it all on the line -- until she finds out how high
the stakes are. The two of them. Skin to skin.
Suddenly, all bets are off.
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3. Passionate Ink Authors
The Challenge
Master of the Mountain
By Serena Shay 978-1-59578-581-7
By Cherise Sinclair 978-1-59632-992-8
Marina Jamison is a mystery. As a half-breed
shapeshifter, she lives on the fringe of were-jaguar When Rebecca's
society. Though her love for pride leader Bastian boyfriend talks her into
LaRue is forbidden, she finds herself tied to him by a vacationing at a
bond stronger than their individual wills, a psychic mountain lodge with his
link born from their one-night stand. When her secret swing club, she quickly
is revealed, she is scorned and excluded. learns she's not cut out
for playing musical
Neither Bastian nor the pride can accept a half-breed beds. Now she has
queen. nowhere to sleep.
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finds her freezing on the
porch. After hauling her
inside, he warms her in
his own bed, and there
the experienced Dom
discovers that Rebecca
might not be a swinger,
but she is definitely a
submissive.
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Wicked Harvest
By Anitra Lynn McLeod 978-0-7582-3533-6
Between duty and desire
lies a season of pure
Fated pleasure . . .
By Shayla Black FREE e-novella
Welcome to the world of
the Harvester--a warrior
They were meant bound to take virginity,
to be together ... but never pleasure--and
but will magic tear the servant who exists to
them apart? prepare him for his role.
For them, sex equals
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aside . . . and pleasure
takes over . . .
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4. Passionate Ink Authors
Guardian’s Realm: The Collision Northman’s Passion
By Crystal Kauffmann 9781607374275 By Kate Hill 9781419923036
Accidentally cast Erik Ice Tooth is used to
through a magical getting what he wants.
portal to an Undefeated in battle, no
enchanted prison man is his match and no
with a slave girl woman resists him, until
he meets Bera, daughter of
and a vampire
his King.
fugitive, a
Guardian warrior Disgusted by the hulking
must come to brute who asks for her
terms with their hand in marriage, Bera
situation, and the adamantly refuses him, but
irrefutable past he Erik is determined to have
shares with his his way. He abducts Bera,
vampire enemy. vowing that theirs is a
match made by the gods--
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tricks in store to prove it.
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Alliance: Stellar Romance
By Lyndi Lamont 978-1-60272-869-1
Midnight Treat
Join Lyndi Lamont for a By Becca Simone
journey into the far
reaches of space where It's mistaken identity gone
the people of two erotically awry.
different worlds come
together to form an Josh Panetti breaks into an
Alliance. The clash of apartment Halloween night,
cultures leads to thinking he's fulfilling the
unexpected desires and sexual fantasy of a woman
Stellar Romance. he just met at a costume
party. Instead, he broke into
Previously available Cassie Snow's place. She
only in electronic recognizes him immediately-
format, these three -she'd seen him at the party
steamy installments in with her sexy upstairs
Lyndi Lamont’s best- neighbor. She should tell
selling Alliance series him he has the wrong
have now been apartment and the wrong
combined for a girl. But she's always the
paperback edition! wrong girl. Would it be so
Included are: Fertile terrible to be the right girl
Ground, Galactic Affairs for just one night?
and Cosmic Scandal.
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5. Passionate Ink Authors
Horsfall: Taste Test Storykeeper
By Jade Buchanan 978-1-60521-274-6 By Jade Buchanan 978-1-60168-222-2
What started out as a
regular job "I am a Storykeeper. I was not born; I was brought into
assignment quickly existence by the Creator of us all when I was put into
escalated into words millennia ago."
something more for Enitan was created as a Storykeeper, an immortal being
Oliver Philip when who is forever charged with providing inspiration to
he met twin Shire human bards, writers and storytellers. He had never had
horse shapeshifters, a dream for himself, at least he hadn’t until the day he
Bayard and Marshall felt Jason Lark reading one of his stories. The human
Stoddard. called to him in a way that he had never felt before. He
The past few months wants Jason for his own.
have been filled with Is it possible for a keeper of stories to find happiness
love and laughter, with a human?
but storm clouds are
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horizon. The three
choose to take every
opportunity to
cement their
growing bond, like
an afternoon picnic
that turns into a taste
test of a different
sort when Bay and
Marsh show Oliver
the delights of
Horsfall Ranch.
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The mission of the Romance Writers of America
is to advance the professional interests of
career-focused romance writers through
networking and advocacy.
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6. Passionate Ink Authors
Banged Up Hot Tin Roof
By Jeanne St. James 978-1-59578-594-7 By J. Hali Steele 978-1-60521-280-7
Two scarred souls: one Leron Wilder feels like a cat on a hot tin roof.
physically, one mentally.
Both on the mend, hiding Nothing has gone right since his best friend mated.
from their pasts! Not something Leron looks forward to. He loves his
freedom. But his life is out of sync. Stuck training a
Being buried deep
new cat who's a badass wannabe, he stops by the
undercover for the past
Coffee Swirl to talk with his ex-partner. The minute he
two years, on the most
complex case of his career, licks the new waitress, his life goes to hell.
has torn Mace Walker Corrine Nelson is on the run. She likes her new home
down physically and
and her job. She hopes she won't be found again.
mentally. Now the FBI
agent has come home to Life's looking up until the hottest man ever licks her
recover after having his hand.
leg badly injured from a
gunshot wound. Arriving EXCERPT | BUY
home late one night, his
relief is short-lived as he’s
faced with a stranger
pointing a gun to his head,
acting like he is the one
who doesn’t belong there!
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7. Passionate Ink Authors
When Alex Was Bad Smoldering Embers
By Jo Davis 978-0451227027 By Carolina Valdez -13:978-1-60272-861-5
4 ½ Stars, Top Pick! RT Book Reviews Love transcends gender, fear, absence and
opposites in these three sizzling stories featuring
Acclaimed author Jo Davis tempts you into seven kinds firefighters and their search hounds, a window
of sin... washer and a Hollywood executive, and two
world-class professional golfers who were once
After fifteen years together, Alexander and Olivia Quinn teenage lovers and rivals. Previously available
have become strangers, both in and out of the bedroom. only in digital format, these Amber Allure Top
When Alex is tempted to stray, Olivia steps in with a Ten Best Sellers of gay erotic romance have
bold plan to save their marriage: she’ll allow him seven been combined for a paperback edition. Included
nights of decadent pleasure with anyone he chooses -- if are TIE 'EM UP, HOLD 'EM DOWN, a
he confesses to each liaison -- in explicit detail. And if Passionate Plume 2009 Contest, Novella
he agrees to accept his wife’s wicked punishments. Division finalist, and its sequel HANGIN' WITH
Jason Strickland is the Quinns' new neighbor--quiet, MY WINDOW MAN, plus HOLE IN ONE.
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sexuality. Though he knows he should resist, he
becomes a willing player in Olivia's provocative game.
But before the last confession, this sensual bargain will
ensnare them all in a maelstrom of passion and danger.
Because there’s something about Jason that no one
knows, a secret that will lead to a web of betrayal and a
plot for murder.
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8. Upcoming Chats and Appearances
Sylvia Day - September 27, 2009 * 1-4 PM
Lora Leigh’s RAW 2009
Pullman Plaza Hotel, 1001 Third Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701
Minx Malone - Come hang out with me at the Naughty Girls Next Door blog for a chance to win
a copy of one of my books and other great prizes.
http://thenaughtygirlsnextdoor.blogspot.com/
Serena Shay - I can be found every Friday at Shapeshifter Seductions blog
http://shapeshifterseductions.blogspot.com/ … or every day at my blog
http://serenashay.blogspot.com/
Kate Hill - Wednesday 09/16/2009 4pm-8pm EST Kate Hill List Day Changeling Bar & Grill
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChangelingPress/
Sunday 09/20/2009 4pm-8pm EST Kate Hill List Mom Ellora's Cave Chat
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ellorascavechat/
Shayla Black – Writerspace Chat: August 24 @ 9pm eastern
Online class: Sept 6 through Oct 2 - Storyboarding for the Story Challenged -
only time in 2009! www.yosemiteromancewriters.com
Jeanne St. James - Sept 7th - Taking part in Liquid Silver Books authors Labor Day Blog Hop
Sept 21st - Interview at Ashley Ladd's blog at http://ashleyladd.blogspot.com
Sept 25th - Loose Id Author Chat at Manic Readers Yahoo Group
J. Hali Steele – Nights of Passion, October 6th
RomantiCon, October 9-11th
Love Romances Book Club, October 14th
J & J Booktalk, October 26th
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9. Upcoming Chats and Appearances
Jo Davis – Chat with Jo on Romance B(uy) The Book
www.romancebuythebook.com
Friday, September 11, 2009
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