Unabridged Book Tour

Synopsis

Unabridged

Book Length: 144 pages

Date Published: Aug. 17, 2014

Published by: Melinda De Ross (INDIE)

Steam Rating: Steamy

Main Characters: Angelina & Blade

Ironically, it all starts with a popular book about BDSM. When Angelina Jameson steps into her boss’s office armed with an acid article about ‘Billionaires, BDSM and Blah-blah-blah’, she thinks her career will take off. But her career aspirations drop into second place when she finds herself face to face with her nemesis.

Blade Spencer is the new editor-in-chief of Unabridged—the literary magazine where his ex-lover Angelina works. For three years, since she fled small town Jamestown without a word of explanation, they haven’t heard from one another. Now, when they meet again, the past and all the feelings they once had between them come rushing back, making them realize their love has never died. But can they reconcile their new circumstances and the changes that have occurred during the three years they were apart? Neither is the person the other used to know.

Then there is the faceless shadow who hunts them from the dark, driven by obsession and greed…



*This book contains strong language and explicit descriptions of sex.

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Author Bio

Not long ago, to my surprised delight, somebody described me as being “charming, witty, supremely talented and dangerously fun”. I don’t know how accurate this description is, but I’m curious if the readers will find some of these features reflected in my writing. Speaking of my writing, I must mention that living in Romania – which is considered a projection of the enigmatic and much controversial Shambala, the supposed spiritual center of the Earth – is quite a source of inspiration. I have a native inclination to the occult and paranormal, to mystery and philosophy. The woman in me is a romantic and sensual creature. All these considered, I could describe my writing as being captivating, intriguing, sensual in places and, on the whole, a surreal experience. Enjoy!

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Tour Schedule

October 1st

Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe – Excerpt

Underneath the Covers – Excerpt

BookJunkyGirls – Review

A One-click Addict’s Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Book-Lover – Review, Excerpt, Interview & Promo Post

We Like It Hot, Hot, Hot – Excerpt & Promo Post

Words Turn Me On - Promo Post

Snugglebooks – Review

Fictional Boyfriends – Promo Post

Who Picked This? – Promo Post

Deliciously Wicked Books – Review, Playlist & Dream Cast

Be My Book Boyfriend – Review

Romance of Daydreams – Review, Excerpt &Promo Post

Love, Lust & all the Pages in Between  – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

All Things Books – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Joyfully Reviewed – Excerpt & Promo Post

SBM Book Obsession – Excerpt & Promo Post

Little Shop of Readers – Excerpt & Promo Post

Queen of the Night Reviews – Excerpt & Character Drop-in

Relentless Book Chics Ramblings & Reviews – Review, Excerpt, Dream Cast & Promo Post

October 2nd

Country Gals Sexy Reads – Review, Excerpt & Playlist

Confessions of a Book Whore – Review

Rock Out With Your Book Out – Excerpt

Page Turners Book Blog  – Review, Playlist, Dream Cast & Promo Post

Romance Obsessed Book Blog – Review & Interview

She Hearts Books – Review

Beautifully R.E.E. – Review

Sassy Ray Book Reviews – Promo Post

Southern Babes Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Two Chicks and Their Lit – Excerpt

Avid Reader Amy’s Reviews – Excerpt, Dream Cast & Promo Post

That Just Sort Of…Happened – Review, Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast, Promo Post & Character Drop-in

Addicted to books and authors – Review & Character Drop-in

Thirty Second Book Reviews  – Excerpt, Promo Post & Character Drop-in

Four Chicks Flipping Pages – Excerpt & Promo Post

A Little Bit of R&R – Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast & Promo Post

October 3rd

Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – Excerpt & Playlist

2 Girls a Book and a Glass of Wine  – Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast & Teasers

Promoting Authors, Books & Reviews – Review, Excerpt, Interview, Playlist, Dream Cast, Character “drop-in” & Promo Post

Explicit Escapes – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Mommy’s Naughty Playground – Review, Excerpt, Interview, Playlist, Dream Cast, Character Drop-in & Promo Post

Wicked Reads – Review & Excerpt

Books Eater – Review, Dream Cast & Character Drop-in

I Think I Need More Books – Character Drop-in & Promo Post

Sizzling Book Blog – Excerpt & Promo Post

Books, Tea and Sweets – Review, Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast, Promo Post & Character Drop-in

My Dirty Romance – Review, Excerpt, Dream Cast & Promo Post

For The Love Book Blog – Review, Excerpt, Dream Cast & Promo Post

T. Strange – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Sassy Lit Chic Reviews – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Bookwench I Am – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Books, Brownies and Barkers – Dream Cast

♥The Romance Vault♥ – Review, Excerpt & Playlist

October 4th

Rusty’s Reading – Excerpt & Playlist

This Girl Loves Books – Review, Excerpt & Playlist

Those Crazy Book Chicks – Review, Excerpt, Interview & Playlist

Gemma Reads too Much for it to be Normal Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Midnight Willows Book Reviews – Review

BeanieBrain Reader – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Dream Cast

A Girl Who Loves Books – Review, Excerpt & Dream Cast

Beautifully Broken Book Blog – Dream Cast

Book Boyfriend Junkies – Review, Excerpt, Dream Cast, Character Drop-in & Promo Post

A Coffee Addict’s Book Reviews – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Dream Cast

White Hot Reads – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Killion Slade – Review, Excerpt, Interview, Playlist, Dream Cast, Promo Post & Character Drop-in

Breezy Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Naughty Girls of Romance – Promo Post

October 5th

Obsessed by Books – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Character Drop-In

BookSkater – Excerpt & Playlist

Fictional Rendezvous Book Blog – Excerpt

Double M Rocking Book Buddies – Review, Excerpt, Character Drop-In & Promo Post

Stephanie’s Sexy Reads – Excerpt & Promo Post

Rosie’s Book Heaven – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Shelly’s Books – Excerpt & Promo Post

Naughty and Devilish Book Blog – Excerpt, Interview & Character Drop-in

Reader’s Candy – Promo Post

Books are my friends, come see why – Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast & Promo Post

Undercover Book Reviews – Review & Promo Post

The Heart of a Reader – Excerpt & Promo Post

Archaeolibrarian – I dig good books! – Dream Cast & Promo Post

This Mommy Loves to Read – Review & Promo Post

2 read or not to read – Review, Excerpt, Dream Cast & Promo Post

Crystal’s Sweet Reads and Reviews – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

The Cantu Sisters Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt

October 6th

Book Boyfriends Rock – Review & Excerpt

Coast to Coast Book Divas – Review, Excerpt & Character Drop-in

My Reading Addictions – Review

2 Chicks & Their BookBoyFriends – Excerpt & Promo Post

Escape Reality with Books – Review

Discrete Divas – Review, Excerpt & Promo Post

Book Club Sisters – Excerpt, Interview, Playlist, Dream Cast, Character Drop-in & Promo Post

There’s This Book – Review, Excerpt & Playlist

It Started with a Book Blog – Review, Excerpt & Playlist

In The Pages of a Good Book – Playlist & Promo Post

Evocative Book Reviews – Review, Excerpt & Promo Post

Hooked On Books Forever – Review, Excerpt, Playlist, Dream Cast & Promo Post

Sexyways of Reading – Review & Promo Post

October 7th

Book Happiness – Review

Watz Books and Teasers – Review, Excerpt, Playlist & Dream Cast

Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents – Promo Post

Babu’s Bookshelf – Review

Wicked Reads – Review & Excerpt

Mommy Needs to Read or She’ll Scream – Promo Post

Pretty Girls Read Books – Excerpt & Promo Post

Sinamen Reads Romance – Playlist & Promo Post

Book Friends Forever – Promo Post

Cover to Cover Book Blog – Excerpt, Playlist & Promo Post

Those Crazy Book Chicks – Excerpt, Promo Post & Character Drop-in

Books and Friendz – Excerpt & Promo Post

Once Upon An Alpha – Review & Promo Post

BDSMonday - Hard and Soft Limits

It's BDSMonday!

Today I'm talking about hard and soft limits.

First of all, what are hard and soft limits? Hard limits are something you are never, ever willing to try. If someone tried an activity from that list with you, you would immediately end the scene and (probably) never play with them again. There are two hard limits that are considered more or less universal, because they can't be considered consensual - bestiality and pedophilia. From there, the list is much more personal.

Soft limits are activities you're not ready or willing to try yet, or that you want to approach slowly and carefully. They're not something that should be sprung on you when you're tied up, or that should be spontaneously added to a scene.

The important thing about limits, at least as far as I'm concerned (okay, well, beyond the obvious "respect people's limits, yo") is that they can change over time, and in either direction.

When I first started exploring kink, I was really curious about electrical play and thought I'd really enjoy it. Due to a bad experience and another that was really "meh", electrical play is at least a soft limit, if not a hard limit.

The reverse is also true. I can't think of a personal example, but there's also nothing wrong with having something on you're not sure about, something on your soft or even hard limit list, and trying it with a partner you trust. It could eventually become one of your favourite things!

Even if you think a limit is silly or you think pushing it would help your partner grow as a person, respect that limit. Your partner may have had a bad experience in the past that they haven't shared with you, and they know a particular kinky activity will give them flashbacks. They may have an injury that prevents them from certain positions or activities. It's not your place to judge someone's limits, and it's not anyone else's place to judge yours.

If someone tries to pressure you regarding your limits, think long and hard before you play with them! Pushing your limits is a very personal decision that should be made by you, not by someone you're playing with. I've heard plenty of stories of people having their limits pushed, without warning or advance discussion, when they were in the middle of a scene and relatively helpless, and to me that is not okay. People usually have limits, especially hard limits, for a reason besides "I don't want to try that".

Have a great week everyone and play safely!        

Great Day... And a My Zombie Boyfriend Teaser!

I'm having a really good day. I had an issue at work, but I managed to figure it out (mostly) on my own and it felt great.

Then I got my hair braided which I desperately wanted so it wouldn't be in my face or on my neck. And the hairdresser was amazing. Hands down the best I've ever had. She realized how "difficult" my hair is while she was washing it (side note--I love having my hair washed at the hairdresser's. So does Kit from My Zombie Boyfriend...see below!). My hair is very fine but dense, making it pretty unmanageable...it sheds lesser hair implements! I told her I was growing it out for my sister's wedding and she gave me some very helpful tips to tell the wedding stylist, and she explained why I have a random red streak in my hair. Now it's in a really tight French braid and it's almost like having short hair again and I look more like my mental image of myself!

Anyway...

Here's teaser number two from My Zombie Boyfriend. (Here's teaser number one in case you missed it).

For those just tuning in, My Zombie Boyfriend is my upcoming M/M paranormal romance novel with Torquere Press. It's about Edward, a necromancer/medical student, and Kit, a body he finds and reanimates.

Please note, this is not the finalized version of the story.

BDSMonday - Sleepy Thoughts

It's BDSMonday!

Today's topic...well, it requires a little explanation.






Okay, um...I've been reading a lot of Star Wars books lately. Like, a lot. And one night, while I was in that falling-asleep-silly-brain state I thought, "Darth Vader would be really good at breath play..."

Look at that! I'm sure he has excellent control!

There's even a video (though I find the lack of apostrophe disturbing. And someone has a lot of time on their hands and it isn't me). 

And then of course that made me think, "I bet the Emperor would be really good at electrical play." 

I have a point, really, I do! Okay, maybe not a point, but close enough! Do you guys have any vanilla-references-that-could-be-turned-kinky to add to my weird list? 

Dom A Man Apart Cover Reveal

Title: Dom, a man apart

Author: Ethan Radcliff

Estimated Release Date: Oct 8, 2014

Published by: Bitten Press, LLC

Genre: BDSM Erotica

✦✦Synopsis✦✦

In the world of pain and pleasure, Charles Damien Macavoy reigned. He was a man apart, one who required more than most. He was a Master of BDSM. He’d been asked by another Dom and good friend to train the Dom’s current sub and love interest. Charles had trained many, but found himself attracted to his new trainee.

He was aware the fascination would wear off, it always did, and he’d returned the trainee to her Master willing and ready to submit. Lurking in the shadows of a world few are accustomed to is evil. Sometimes a thing of beauty has hidden thorns. Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted.

Excerpt

“You’re smiling rather devilishly at me Sir,” Samantha whispered. “Am I?” he answered back waiting to see her response. “Yes I can just imagine what’s going through your mind with tonight looming before us.” Her smile was slightly crooked but very sexy. He was enjoying their little repartee. “What’s going through my mind Samantha is seeing you knelt down before me with your lips around the shaft of my cock.” He watched her blush and was amused that she could be embarrassed so quickly. Or was that heat that flushed her cheeks. “Sir, you’re getting me wet.”

✦✦About Ethan Radcliff✦✦

I've been writing since I was a kid. I love creating and tried my hand at art, not bad but not good enough. A guy's gotta eat. Through high school I wrote erotic stories, kept them in a notebook, let a few of my girlfriends read them. Yeah, played football, baseball, but my brain never stopped thinking of sex. I guess we think about it all the time.

Been on face book for a while never did anything interesting when I was on until I started to see all the writers and then some poets posting their erotic prose. Men who were writing erotic romance and stories, I knew it was my time to get out the old note book and throw on some poems. Some are old and some are new, the ones about BDSM are newer. In high school or college I wasn't on that train of thought.

I see a picture it sets me off. A see an attractive women it sets me off. The jiggle of a full ass or heavy breasts, get me going. Yeah, my mind always is on a beautiful face or body.

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The Taming of Molly Jenkings

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The Wait, Britt’s Undoing

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The Magician, Male Escort

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Pumping Iron - Author Interview and Blog Tour

 

Pumping Iron (A Bad Boyfriends Novel)

Name: Nya Rawlyns

Blog: http://loveslastrefuge.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NyaRawlyns

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nya_Rawlyns

Website: http://www.romancingwords.com/

Other: http://about.me/nyarawlyns

What do you do while writing that others might find unusual?

First off, thanks for having me! I appreciate being here with you and your followers.

As for writing, it’s not so much what *I* do, but what my supervisor does. I think everyone who knows me (and my alter ego, Diane) from Face Book is also familiar with Little Miss Mayhem, aka LMM. She is my constant companion and the devil on my shoulder, literally.

Lemme ’splain… LMM is a rescue kitty, brought to me by a FB friend and actual near neighbor, Mitzi. The world of social networking has watched this darling bundle of grey naughty grow up into a lovely adult filled with attitude and entitlement. She’s a cat, it’s what they do, but LMM does it better than any other.

When I write I go into “author space”, that black hole where nothing and no one but my characters and their stories exist. I lose all sense of time and place. I go where no man has gone before. Personal hygiene, paying bills, making dinner, answering the phone… Pfft. Those concerns, those activities simply don’t exist.

Until dinner time. LMM dinner time. She starts around 2:30. A mousie gets tossed into my lap. I ignore it. She sits and stares, a dark mind-penetrating glare. My hairs stand on end, but I finish the paragraph. I’m now aware of time passing; it’s irksome. Then around 4pm, she’s on the arm of the chair with her front feet on my shoulder—she ain’t light, our Little Miss—and a paw that’s been places I’d rather not think about goes in my ear or bats my jaw. By 4:30 the claws come out. My ankles are fair game.

I have two reasons for saving-to-file: to open a can of food … and to find the iodine.

What is the most satisfying thing about being a writer?

I spent my career writing technical reports. Now I write fiction. Both kinds of writing require discipline, both rely on a creative process, and although fiction might seem more a right-brain activity, it actually relies heavily on logic and a degree of objectivity in order to bring characters and situations to life.

As a child, I was painfully shy and introverted, bullied because of my weight, and forced to find solace in solitary activities. Books became (and remain to this day) my best friends. I learned to express myself through the written word, speaking with my fingers rather than my mouth and tongue. Eventually I learned to be more socially adept, but my best mode of communication is still via the written word. I am forever grateful for the digital revolution that allows me to communicate my thoughts with all the fabulous people who have befriended me from around the world.

Where and when do you prefer to write?

I write something every single day (points to the question above). Writing is like a muscle—if you don’t use it, it can atrophy. If it does that, it’s not always an easy task to bring it back to a level of fitness where it will function correctly. When I’m deep into writing a book, I like to start first thing in the morning and go straight through until Herself suggests it’s time to stop and smell the tuna. My evenings are for reading, for Firstborn, and for a few guilty pleasure TV shows (Suits, Dancing with the Stars, Arrow, Royal Pains, The Voice).

Would you ever want one of your books to be made into a movie?

I suspect my romantic comedies might be suitable for the small screen, although my contemporary M/M western saga would indeed lend itself to a Silverado treatment, perhaps with Kasdan directing. The casting couch is always open, especially for the roles of Ash and Oak, two of my favoritest characters (that’s like saying you like one of your offspring more than another, but hey ho, it is what it is). Sweeping Wyoming vistas, dangerous places, dangerous men…

Yeah, I can see that. Now all I need to do is crowd-source it.

Coming to a theater near you: The Crow Creek Saga.

We all see your posts on FB with your dinner plates, do you have a favorite recipe that you are willing to share?

Woohoo! Thanks for noticing!

I do love to cook—not bake so much as getting a tasty meal on the table, one that takes less than a pot and a frying pan, and about 30 minutes of my time.

Seafood has gotten pricy—shrimp, scallops and crab are a king’s ransom nowadays. Firstborn and I indulge but mostly during the holidays.

For everyday fish, we love tilapia. It’s meaty and not “fishy”—to the nose or on the tongue. Yes, I am aware of all the cautionary statements warning about farm-raised fish, but we restrict our selection to either Wegmans or Weis markets, two vendors we’ve grown to trust over the years.

Depending on the size of the filet, you might want one per person.

Ingredients:

Tilapia fillet(s)

EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)

Pat of butter

Lemon (for zest and juice)

Sea salt

Freshly ground black pepper medley

Old Bay seasoning

Tomato bruschetta

Capers

In a frying pan, heat about 1tbsp EVOO and pat of butter until the oil lightly smokes. Add the tilapia fillet(s) and season the top with salt, pepper, and about 1-2 tsp Old Bay seasoning. Cook on medium high until the fillet browns (halfway up the side, thickest portion). Turn over and season with the salt/pepper/Old Bay. Cook until the fish flakes with a fork. Turn heat to low. Zest the lemon onto the fillet, add a half cup of tomato bruschetta to the top of each fillet, and add a tbsp. of capers with some juice to the pan. Heat for a minute or so, then squeeze the lemon juice over the fish and plate.

For those of you on low salt diets, skip the salt. Seasonings can be adjusted to taste, keeping in mind “less is more”.

We usually have fresh crusty French bread and a salad to go with our fish. This prep also works well with Scallops—just skip the tomato bruschetta.

And there you have it! Thanks again for hosting the Pumping Iron Tour. It’s been a pleasure.

Nya Rawlyns

Crossing boundaries, taking no prisoners. Write what's in your soul.

It's the bass beat, the heartbeat, the lyrics rude and true.

Nya Rawlyns is the pseudonym of a writer who cut her teeth on sports-themed romantic comedy and historical romances before finding her true calling in the wilderness areas she has visited but calls “home” in that place that counts the most: the heart. She writes M/M erotic romance because her good friends deserve to have their amazing stories told.

She has lived in the country and on a sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay, earned more than 1000 miles in competitive trail and endurance racing, taught Political Science to unwilling freshmen, and found an avocation in materials science.

When she isn’t tending to her garden or the horses, the cats, or two pervert parakeets, she can be found day dreaming and listening to the voices in her head.

Website: http://loveslastrefuge.com/

Website: Romancing Words

The Men of Crow Creek: http://the-men-of-crow-creek.weebly.com/

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Her published works include:

Curling Iron (A Bad Boyfriends Novella)

Pumping Iron (A Bad Boyfriends Novel)

Ash & Oak (A Crow Creek Novel)

Pulling Leather (A Crow Creek Novel)

Strapping Ash (A Crow Creek Novel)

Sorting Will (A Crow Creek Novel)

Flankman (A Crow Creek Novel)

The Wrong Side of Right

Good Boy Bad

Cajun Gothic (Blood Haven)

The Strigoi Chronicles: Penance, Fane, Michel, Dreu

Acid Jazz Singer (Hunger Hurts)