I’m super stoked to report you’ll get another cover reveal here on my blog this coming Thursday the 21st for Milly Taiden’s newest called Wolf Protector! I’ve had a peek at it and let me say…
YUM!
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You will NOT want to miss this!
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Speaking of covers… I’m thinking of re-doing mine for First, I Love You. What’ya think? I really would love to hear your opinion.
🙂 Remember, stay safe while partying today!
Richard Stephenson, author of the bestselling Collapse, has graciously hosted an excerpt from First, I love You on his website!
PLEASE go visit, comment, and share, share, share! Spread the word birds!
http://rastephensonauthor.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-excerpt-first-i-love-you-by.html
PS— Thanks and I love you guys!
I’m so super stoked to reveal this cover. It’s suuuper smexy! (As is the story I’m sure!) Ready? OK!
Here it is:
After five years traveling through third world countries to teach impoverished children, Samira Suarez has returned home to Black Meadows. What Sam didn’t expect was to be instantly overwhelmed by the desire to be with the one man she’s wanted since she was a teen, Riel Karven.
Riel has been patiently waiting for Sam’s return. For five long years he’s backed off and watched her come and go. This is it. His mate is back, and he’s taking a stand.
Sam’s need for Ry grows to unimaginable proportions. It’s almost as if she were in heat. But she’s a human…isn’t she?
There’s more at stake than Sam and Ry’s future relationship when she inherits her grandmother’s estate. One of her many relatives wants her out of the way.
It’s going to take all of Ry’s determination and help from his friends to keep her alive. And it’s going to take delving into her past to find out why a human is going into mating heat.
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The Book Trailer:
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Meet the characters:
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Want to know more about the fabulous Milly Taiden?
Author Bio:
Want to know about me? Milly Taiden (aka April Angel) was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean known as the Dominican Republic. She grew up between New York, Florida and Massachusetts. Currently, she resides in New York City with her husband, bossy young son and their little dog Speedy.
She’s addicted to shopping for shoes, chocolate (but who isn’t?) and Dunkin Donuts coffee.
A bookworm when she can get her hands on a good story, she loves reading all Mina Carter, Cynthia Eden, and Dianne Duvall among others.
Contact Info:
Email: millytaiden@gmail.com
Website: http://www.millytaiden.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/millytaidenauthor
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I’m so excited I can hardly sit still!
The Fabulous Milly Taiden (She of the smokin hot sex and sigh-inducing romance) is going to let me reveal the cover to her newest book AND a trailer right here on my blog
THURSDAY, FEB 21st!!!!!
#Can
#Not
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Hey everyone I have another special treat, a Guest Blog Interview with Tina Traverse, author of “Forever, Christian” and “Destiny of the Vampire”. We’re going to talk a little about the subject of Autism dealt with in “Forever, Christian” and her Fantasy books.
Gen: Hello, Tina, thanks for visiting my blog and talking a bit about your book “Forever, Christian” and the subject of Autism; it’s a real honor to have you here!
Tina: You are welcome, but the honour is all mine!
Gen: First, can you tell everyone a little bit about the genre and premise of “Forever, Christian”?
Tina: Forever, Christian is of the Family and Relationships/Children with Special Needs genre. Forever, Christian is about my then nine year old son who was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism in October 2009. This was after a nine year long frustrating and heart breaking journey of knowing deep down there was something ‘not quite right’ with our son but having a variety of medical professionals telling his father and I that there was nothing wrong, that it was a stage. Finally, it took one teacher to recognize the symptoms that lead us to the proper professionals and the diagnosis. Forever, Christian is the story of the journey.
Gen: What made you decide to write a book about your family’s experience with Autism?
Tina: As you probably imagine, nine years is a long time for a diagnosis when you know deep down there is something not quite right from infancy, my family and myself were feeling so many emotions after the diagnosis including the feeling of being alone before the diagnosis that I did what I normally do, and wrote it all down. My feelings, the journey itself, in the hopes that someday if I should publish my thoughts into a book, that my readers would walk away knowing that they are not alone, that there is someone out there who has been through something similar.
Gen: How long did it take you to write “Forever, Christian”?
Tina: Forever, Christian was a labour of love that took three years from start to finish.
Gen: Are you traditionally published or Indie? What made you decide to go that route?
Tina: I am an Indie, and proud of it. I decided to go Indie because I have spent years being rejected by the traditional publishers and with so many story ideas running around in my head screaming at me, I discovered that Indie publishing was the one thing to shut them up.
Gen: Did you know very much about the Autistic spectrum before you had your son?
Tina: To be honest, no, shamefully, I never heard of it until Christian was diagnosed. I know it may seem mainstream now with so many books and other media featuring autism, but there is still a lot to learn about it and understand, I feel.
Gen: What has been the single most difficult thing in your journey as a family?
Tina: The single most difficult thing in our journey is how long it took before we knew what was going on with Christian, the reason for the screams, the self punishment, self injury and the unknown silent pain that he was going through that we did not understand, what others did not understand.
Gen: What would you say has been the most rewarding thing?
Tina: Now that we do know, we have the proper supports in place and watching Christian thrive, discovering his talent, his gift and self confidence.
Gen: What advice would you give to families struggling to help their Autistic child deal with the overwhelming nature of our world?
Tina: Wow, that is a hard one. First thing is to remember that each child, no matter what their abilities, are different from one another. Second, what we do with our son is we treat him like any normal boy as we can, within his limits. He has chores, he gets disciplined when he has done or said something inappropriate with an explanation to what he did and why it was wrong and why the punishment. He socializes with a variety of children, some “normal” and some who are Autistic like him so he is familiar with different types of social situations. Christian thrives on routine, so I make sure that his routine stays the same when possible. Christian knows he has Autism and is learning how the outside world works day by day.
Gen: Do you plan on writing any more books on this topic?
Tina: No, at not in the foreseeable future.
Gen: You’ve also written “Destiny of the Vampire”, would you tell us a little bit about that and any other books you have written, or are planning to write?
Tina: Sure. Destiny of the Vampire is my first Indie published novel, inspired by an interview I saw on a talk show with the actor, Paul Wesley who plays Stefan Salvatore on my favourite show The Vampire Diaries. He gave the general synopsis of The Vampire Diaries, stating that it was about two vampire brothers who were in love with this one teenage girl. A thought came to my mind, I wanted to take the vampire out of the romantic setting and put the vampire in a different setting, in a different situation. Where vampire brothers would not be in a love triangle, but will find themselves in a situation in which they would use human resources, rather than the supernatural to get out of it. My vampire brothers, Declan and Sebastian St.Clair (who were inspired by Damon and Stefan Salvatore of The Vampire Diaries written by L. J. Smith) start out on an ordinary fishing trip with their father. When their boat gets capsized by a sudden storm, their father perishes and they end up on a deserted island. For five months they fight to survive and find a way to escape on the island, but die in their attempt. They are brought back to life by the island’s leader and turned into vampires; but when Declan is caught having an affair with the leader’s wife, Declan and Sebastian are forced from the island. The brothers travel the world, enjoying their freedom but when Sebastian and Declan experience a devastating event, they both turn to human, destructive methods to cope. Declan turns to alcohol and sleeping with a variety of anonymous women, while Sebastian turns to a highly addictive drug I called blood wine, which is a combination of three powerful street drugs. During a party both brothers find themselves in a dangerous situation in which they are arrested and sentenced to rehab where they meet their counselor, Hope, who happens to be a past love for one of the brothers. While Hope struggles to help Declan and Sebastian to recover and uncover their dark secret, an ancient evil from their mutual past resurfaces and threatens to destroy them. The ending will be gut wrenching.
I also want to say that beyond making my vampires more human as my own personal twist on the genre, I also addressed two types of vampires that I feel that are not represented in this popular genre too often, one a drug addicted vampire, and the other… well, I cannot say, I’ll just let your readers find out for themselves!
Destiny of the Vampire started out as a stand alone novel, but after it was finished and published, I had several requests from local fans of the story to continue the Sebastian/Declan/Hope story line and now I have a trilogy planned, with part 2’s first draft already finishing and in the editing process.
Gen: Wow! Sounds interesting! I know what you mean about a group of characters and a story that take hold and turn into more than one story. And thank you again for sharing your experience with Christian with me, Tina!
That’s it for today, folks! You can find Tina’s books here:
and at her blog: http://www.tinasdestiny.com/
Ok I have an exciting treat today! A guest interview with my dear friend Penelope Jones, aka Bad Penny, aka Sweet P. You can find her blog here: The very Bad Penny I invited her here to talk a bit about her upcoming release Iniquitous Solace, a book she co-wrote with Max of Cherish Desire. You can find him here: Very Dirty Stories by Max
Hi Penny! Thank you for taking the time tell us about your new “piece of work”.
I know you had a lot of fun doing that interview with Travis Luedke (Author of the fabulous Nightlife Series) full of BDSM-ery which people of the 18 and older variety can find here: A Spanking Good Time w/ erotica authors Penelope Jones and Max
Butt, (haha)
Today’s interview is going to be entirely cupcake-ery.
*passes Penny her own pint of Ben and Jerry’s*
*Penny takes the Chunky Monkey, and looks orgasmic after that first bite*
Q: You ready to soft rock, Sweet P?
A: *winks* I’m the girl that likes to cuddle after raunchy sex. I’m totally down for soft rock with you, Cupcake! *giggles*
Q: So this new book of yours, Iniquitous Solace, can you tell us a little bit about the premise?
A: Max sorta started the idea by replying to poems on my blog, and soon it became Iniquitous Solace… Our wicked peace comes across each page and tangles into your heart, and your imaginations take hold. It’s notes and letters back and forth between strangers at first, and then each poem begins to strip layer for layer away from the walls they have built to protect themselves, and it takes you on a journey of love and lust in Rhythmic words.
Q: What genre would you place it in? On a scale of naughty to cupcake how would you rate it?
A: I’d say definitely moments of Cupcakery, romance as well, but absolutely hands down there’s naughty to go with it all. I wouldn’t be Bad Penny if there wasn’t naughty, right?
Q: What made you decide to write it?
A: I sorta covered this question above…however there’s more to the story. *chuckles* Max felt sorry for me. I wrote a poem, and no one commented, so he wrote me an “I feel sorry for you” poem and left it in my comment section.. I thought he just wanted advertising on my blog. *giggles* It wasn’t until the 3rd or 4th poem he finally said something along these lines. “You realize I’m not really writing poems to your blog right?” He was stalking me, and I was on the down-low stalking him. The rest is history, and now we have a collaboration partnership.
Q: How long did it take you guys to write it?
A: We started right before Thanksgiving, and I’ve been mostly done writing poetry for a week now. We are waiting on busy, busy, busy Max to catch up. There will be about 50 poems in total taking the reader along the path of lusty desires and needs of these lovers. *grins*
Q: Approximately when can we expect to see its release and where can we get a copy?
A: It will be in the first two weeks in February. The exact date hasn’t been set, but it will definitely be available before Valentine’s Day, and it will be available on Amazon in like 6 or more different countries I believe.
Q: Do you and Max have any plans for a series?
A: I have lots of ideas, dreams, and wishes in this department, however Max has his own business plan going on, as well I do… so fitting these ideas in might not work out so well. *giggles* We do plan to extend the Alice and Tabbi story… and what happens after the New Year’s Eve part. That’s the only confirmed collaboration we have at this time.
Q: What are you, individually, writing right now?
A: Max is working on extending his “The Lioness” storyline. Heather and Erik have more to say and do before that story is complete. *grins* I’m working on my Chat Box Dominant Series, The Diary of a Broken Me being the first installment, I’m hoping to have it available for sale by Spring. I’m also editing my novel The Beautiful Catastrophe.
Q: What genre would you place it in and on a scale of naughty to cupcake how would you rate it?
A: The Lioness Storyline is SUPER Naughty, so off the scale. *winks and snickers* Diary of a Broken Me is Naughty with many Cupcake moments. And last but not lease… The Beautiful Catastrophe I would say is Cupcakery with naughty moments. It’s probably my sweetest storyline I’ve ever written, and it has moments that simply make you cry, laugh, and hopefully get wet. *giggles*
Ooohh I totally can’t wait, Sweet P! I mean, I do love your naughty stories but you *know* how much I love your sweet stuff too. Ok, now we got all that dry boring author to author Q&A out of the way.
*Gen gets out the whipped cream and sprinkles*
Q: How old were you when you first started writing #naughty fiction?
A: Legally I can’t tell you that. There are perverts out there that would use it against me. *snickers* Let’s just say I’ve been naughty since I can remember, and writing about it almost as long.
Q: Haha! And yeesh! You joke, but there are some creepy people out there! Have you always wanted to be a writer/author?
A: No. My sister, as much as I love her, crushed that dream at age 11. I read every romance novel my granny had back then, and thought I can do that… I know it’s laughable now, that an 11 year old would want to write a novel, but having your genius older sister tell you it was a dumb idea, let that dream climb under a rock, until recently. I seriously just started writing for real in May of 2012. I’m a geek, so for 10 years I wrote storylines and role-played with friends. I’m making my dream finally come true, and loving every damn moment of it. *grins*
Q: Tuh! How wrong your sister was! So happy you’re embracing your passion! Where do you get your best ideas?
A: My lifestyle. I live the lifestyle I write about. BDSM is a special genre that has become quite popular by “Fifty Shades of Grey” . Bless that woman’s heart for allowing those that write the REAL: BDSM lifestyle in our books into the mainstream, too bad her book was just a beginners guide if that.
Q: Yes I believe I’ve made my thoughts on the 50 Shades fad clear. *snicker* But if there’s one thing I’ve learned since meeting you Sweet P, it’s that you always look at the bright side of everything and I am happy that you and other talented writers in that niche can share your feelings and culture with the rest of us!
If you could collaborate with any author (dead or alive) to write a book, who would it be and what would it be about?
A: Sadey Quinn! She’s a BDSM erotica author, that wrote the amazing storyline about “Rock Creek” A kinky BDSM housing community that you had to be on a waiting list to get in, and have interviews and references, but it was all kink friendly. You were free to be you on your lawn, or in the neighbor’s yard. No one judged you for walking around naked, or on a leash. It was awesome. Sorry… very un-cupcake of me! *giggles* Under Order and Social Services are my favorites of hers.
Q: No, but I *do* feel like having a little extra chocolate sauce and maybe another cherry on my ice cream now. *winks* What is your biggest writing pet peeve within the erotica genre?
*pokes Penny with her spoon* (Now I know you’re going to try and get out of answering this because you’re borderline pathologically nice, but be honest! Everyone has their own likes and dislikes and we are all entitled to them, it’s not a bash it’s… let’s call it a non-fetish. Ha!)
A: I’m only delaying my answer, hoping you’ll go get a bigger wooden spoon, and really hit me. *winks*
I’m kidding. No…actually I have an answer for this! People who try and write about BDSM/Domestic Discipline and have NO idea what the hell it means. Don’t just do Internet research. You need to find people that LIVE this life, that know this LIFE… ask us we are more than willing to share because we want our lifestyle portrayed in the best light.
Q: *still snickering* What do you love most about the erotica genre?
A: All the different view points, and ideas that come through in erotica. Plus… in all honest I’ve learned a lot of new ways to enjoy sex with my partners. I’m super-duper naughty, but I’m not above learning new things. *giggles* You might not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach a sexy kitty. *winks* Meow.
Q: What is your biggest pet peeve in cupcake’s contemporary romance genre?
A: Gen… you sure you want me to answer that? *snickers* I’m kidding… I love happily ever after, but some of the stories are pretty far fetched. Just my opinion.
Q: Actually I agree with you! Sometimes you just groan and roll your eyes with the dialogue and sudden reversal of feelings. I like to write as much realism as I can in with my schmoopy hearts and flowers. heehee! What do you love most about it?
A: The happy endings. I’m a sucker for the lovers finding their way to being together.
Q: Ohh me too! Totally addicted to the HEA! So about you in particular, what is one thing you simply can’t do without in a day?
A: I can’t do without my writing. I’ve written every day pretty much for over 15 years. I don’t know if I know what to do without it. I feel naked and not in a sexy, come get me naked way. *giggles*
Well, Sweet P, thank you for answering my questions!
Thank you for having me, Cupcake. I’ve had a blast, now let’s get shaking our groove thangs. * giggles*
*Gen puts in John Hughes film*
That’s it everyone! Remember :
Max can be found here: Cherish Desire’s Very Dirty Stories <http://catalog.cherishdesire.com/>
Penelope Jones a.k.a. Bad Penny can be found here: The Bad Penny <http://thepenelopejones.wordpress.com/>
Time to dance around and sing with our spoon-phones.
My next interview will be with Tina Traverse about her novel Forever, Christian and we will discuss the serious topic of how families deal with and embrace Autism.
See you then!
Genevieve Dewey 