What's new with Dakota Cassidy

Fangs of Anarchy Forbidden Alpha Part 5: Revelation Oh, Claire’s really done it now. As if her week hasn’t been bad enough, what with the blood and the drowning and the head bashing and the intense sex… Okay, that last one was pretty awesome. But now she’s gone and got herself caught in the clutches of a paranormal so evil, he makes Satan look like a sissy. This baddest of all baddies is her key to beating a murder rap—if he doesn’t kill her first. Where’s a bloodsucking knight on shining chrome when you need one? Tonight, at long last, fangs will flash, fur will fly, heads will roll, and dastardly deeds will be revealed in this heart-pounding, breath-holding, secret-exploding final episode of Fangs of Anarchy—Forbidden Alpha! Amazon Nook Smashwords ARe

What's new with Marie Harte

BENDING THE RULES Bending the Rules Book 5 in the Wicked Warrens series ~ Release Date: July 1, 2014 ASIN: B00K1WUBK6 A Novel Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo | ARe | Samhain   A little southern charm, and a Yes, Mistress, goes a long way Rex Samson is at the top of his game. His business is booming, his family loves him, and there’s not a woman—or man—he can’t charm. Until he meets Natalie Wielder, a tough-as-nails city planner who doesn’t fall at his feet. She’s firm, sexy, and exactly what he needs. A woman to put him in his place. Nat has better things to do than play with the mayor’s golden boy, but orders are orders, and she accompanies him to a mandatory social function. To her shock, she thoroughly enjoys herself…and breaks rule number one—No dating the enemy. Rex is charming, sexy, and fun to be around. Even a brief encounter with a sexy stranger can’t put her off memories of Rex’s smile. Except her sexy stranger and Rex turn out to be the same man. Now her secrets are exposed, his are shockingly arousing, and her policy on not mixing business and pleasure—rule number two—has gone by the wayside. What else can she do but say yes when Rex has no problem letting her take the lead in bed? Before long, she knows she can’t live without him. But Rex’s kinky proclivities mirror hers—neither of which are good for her career. Loving him might mean losing what she’s worked so hard to attain. But soon she’ll have to figure out what’s important in life. Her rules, or love? Warning: Contains a successful, carefree hedonist who wants to be dominated, and a sexy, career-minded vixen who is more than willing to oblige. Not one drop of vanilla in sight. Enjoy! EXCERPT   Nat sighed when she saw the fifty emails she’d gotten while she’d been handling Mike’s slack. She hated inefficiency with a passion. Why couldn’t everyone work as hard as she did? She got things done, on time every time. But at the rate she had to save everyone else’s ass, she worried she’d grow an ulcer. Plunging back into her day, she made phone calls, worked on Derrick Warren’s laughable changes to the budget on the new convention center, wrote a note to call Harper to deal with it—thank God at least her assistant knew how to make things happen—and darted back and forth between emails and her current project. She pointed in the direction of the knock on her door. “Yes?” “Well aren’t you sweet.” That deep, husky southern drawl had the effect it no doubt intended. Nat tensed, stopped working, and looked up at the model southern boy she’d done her best to ignore earlier. Talk about the Monday from hell. No man should have a face that handsome, eyes that rich a brown or hair so dark it looked blue-black in a cut that probably cost as much as one of her car payments. She’d seen him and Ty Burnell hanging out in the mayor’s office earlier, chatting with each other. Though she didn’t know Ty personally, she liked what she’d heard about him. The man had money coming out the wazzoo but didn’t act like it. Unlike Mayor Tom Jessup—one of the Good Ol’ Boys who looked on most women as ornaments to fuck or impress. She pitied that man’s wife. And his son, because if Josh Jessup thought he could handle her job, he had another think coming—namely, her foot up his ass. She sighed. “What can I do for you Mr.…?” The man took her question as an invitation and closed her door behind him, then sat across from her desk. He wore a charcoal suit with a white shirt and snazzy blue tie. The guy looked like a million bucks, and that wasn’t counting the outfit. Where did they make men like this, anyway? “Rex Samson, at your service.” He nodded, then winked. “And you’re Natalie Wielder.” “Thanks for filling me in.” Her natural sarcasm never seemed to turn itself off. A testament to her acumen in her job that she’d never been fired for it. Rex laughed, a deep chuckle that invited her to join in with the merriment. God, this guy was too much for her to handle on a good day. Certainly not at ten o’clock on a Monday morning before she’d had a cup of coffee. “You’re a real smartass. No wonder I’m in love.” He patted his heart, and her own took a dive. “Is there something I can help you with, handsome?” There. I admitted it. Now go away. I’m busy. Too busy to wander down the wrong path. Again. He grinned. Yes. Very, very busy. Rex seemed way too chummy with the mayor for comfort. A potential adversary, at the least. “I’ll bet there’s a lot you could help me with, sugar.” No ignoring that innuendo. “But I actually came in here for a reason.” He stared around her office, then brought his deep brown-eyed gaze back to her. “O-kay. The reason?” “I need a date.” “Try a dating service .” “Next week. The Savannah River Club. Lots of networking to be done, and I need someone savvy about city politics who’ll look good on my arm.” He smiled at her. “And?” “And that’s you, sugar.” “Okay. First of all, my name is Natalie, not ‘sugar’. You can call me Natalie or Ms. Wielder.” “Not Nat?” “Nat is a name I reserve for my friends. Since I don’t know you, I can’t exactly call you a friend, can I?” His slow smile turned her on, and for that reason, she hardened her resolve. “In addition, I don’t know why you’d want me when there are dozens of well-connected people out there who’d love to be called ‘sugar’ and hang off your arm. Sorry, I’m busy. As in, I work for a living.” “Ouch. You have teeth.” His smile faded as he looked her over a bit too thoroughly for her system to handle. His sly grin told her he no doubt noticed her nipples rising through her thin blouse. “But I like ‘em feisty. So, I’ll pick you up at six next Wednesday?” “I’m pretty sure I just said no.” “But sugar, I work for a living too. And the mayor said you’d be happy to escort me. I’ve been so busy with business that my social calendar is all but empty. Consider this a favor for your boss. You get to keep an eye on me and get him off your pretty little ass. A win-win.” She blinked. “He’s not on my ass.” “But he’d like to be. I think we both know what kind of man Tom Jessup is.” She hadn’t expected Rex to be so honest about the mayor. “Oh?” He snorted. “Everyone knows he’s a womanizing dickhead with a history in this town. Got elected because folks loved his daddy, and his momma makes a killer Red Velvet cake.” Nat grinned. “Michelle does at that.” “You have to go to this thing anyway. I know. So you might as well go with me.” He paused. “Unless you’re married or have a boyfriend I don’t know about?” “You know nothing about me.” He smiled, like a cat who’d just consumed, feather by feather, a canary. “I know you have to go to next week’s gala. I know you don’t have a significant other, or you’d have said by now.” “I don’t have a boyfriend. But you didn’t ask if I had a girlfriend.” “Do you?” He looked intrigued by the idea. She sighed. “No.” “Too bad.” She’d been asked out before, but never by a posh southern charmer in her office. How surreal. “Is this a joke?” “Nope.” He stood and stared down at her. “I need a date. I like you. So I’ll pick you up?” “Hold on.” She stood as well, frowning. “I don’t know the first thing about you. And I—” He shocked her by leaning over her desk and putting a finger over her lips. “Hush, sugar. You can look me up online. I run S&F. You know, the best microbrewery in the South? Anyhow, I have people who can vouch for me. And I have something you want.” When he didn’t take his finger away, she pretended to nip it. To her bemusement, his eyes darkened in what looked like lust as he pulled his hand back. “Oh, a biter. I knew it.” Copyright © 2014 Marie Harte All rights reserved — a Samhain publication And don't miss the rest in the Wicked Warrens series! ENJOYING THE SHOW CLOSING THE DEAL RAISING THE BAR MAKING THE GRADE by Marie Harte Copyright © 2014 Marie Harte All rights reserved — Samhain Publishing        A MAJOR DISTRACTION A Major Distraction Book 3 in the Good to Go series ~ Release Date: July 8, 2014 ASIN: B00LLKI2N0 A Novella Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo | ARe   An unexpected show of pleasure and a lot of kink go a long way to throwing two combatant souls headlong into love. Major Brad Cava has watched his siblings fall in love. He tried marriage once—it didn’t take. He’s not looking for love, just some fun with women who know the score. He’s been in a dry spell for a while, which must be why that smart-aleck at work, Ms. Genevieve St. James, is looking so good. Granted, she’s just his type. She has long, wine-red hair, knockout curves in all the right places, killer green eyes and a brain to go with the body. But she sets his teeth on edge with all her professional dictates and attitude at the office. Genevieve has no idea why Major Annoying, as she likes to call the sexy Major Cava, is always on her mind. When she inadvertently catches her new mystery neighbor pleasuring himself, she automatically thinks of Cava. To her mortification, she finds out Major Hottie and her exhibitionist neighbor are one and the same. Before long, she’s learning there’s much more to Brad than an amazing body, charming wit, and dictatorial tendency at work. They find themselves falling hard for each other. Until something strange happens at work, and Genevieve is blamed for things she didn’t do. Brad doesn’t seem to trust her, and she has to wonder if the love she’s beginning to feel is one-sided. When the truth comes out, Brad has to has to figure out if he can risk it all again for a woman. Has he learned from his past, or is he doomed to make the same mistakes again with a woman he can’t help loving? EXCERPT   “Hey, Ms. St. James. I put that system change request on your desk,” one of the sergeants said. “Thanks.” She moved past the Marine to get more coffee. Already noon and she’d been too busy to grab more than one cup. Her caffeine threshold hadn’t been close to being reached. After filling up, she added cream and sugar, took a sip, and sighed. “Figures. I’m looking for you and you’re in here goofing off.” She tensed at the familiar growl. Turning, she pasted a sweet smile on her face. “Major Cava. What a lovely surprise.” To her bemusement, he smiled instead of frowning at her. That was a new one. “You know, St. James, if you were less of a miserable perfectionist, we might just get along.” “Funny how the thought of us being besties is enough to get me through the rest of my day without killing myself.” Someone cleared his throat behind her, and she turned to see Colonel Drey standing there with a wide grin on his face. She felt her cheeks heat. “Oh, uh, hello, sir.” “Genevieve.” He nodded at Major Cava. “Brad. I need you two in my office in ten minutes.” “Yes, sir.” Brad grabbed a cup and stared at her. “I’ll be there, Colonel.” Genevieve nodded, and the colonel left. To Brad, she scowled. “What?” “You’re in the way.” She stepped aside, brushing by him. She had the bad luck to breathe him in when their bodies touched, and hers went into immediate lust overload. Cava wore some kind of subtle cologne that made her want to lock him in a dark closet and do bad things to him. Yikes. After seeing that sexy show last night, she blamed her libido for choosing the wrong man to notice. “What’s that look?” he murmured as he poured himself coffee. This close, she could see his eyes weren’t a dark brown, but an amber. Like whiskey—sharp, strong, and with bite. “Just curious as to what you wanted.” He took a sip of coffee, watching her all the while. Damn the man for having a perfect mouth too. Genevieve had a sudden urge to watch him sip from her. “Now that’s a loaded question.” He held up a hand. “Before you report me to HR for harassment, I should tell you I want you…to fix the problem I identified last week.” She frowned. “I thought Marcy had already taken care of that.” “Marcy? Oh. Well…” He looked uncomfortable, which surprised her. “What?” “Never mind. I’ll fix it myself.” Before she could ask him anything more, he darted around her. Then she remembered a piece of gossip she’d tried to ignore not long ago. Apparently Marcy and Major Cava had dated a time or two long before Genevieve had arrived on station. Though their courtship hadn’t lasted, anytime Marcy caught sight of him, it seemed to Genevieve at least, the woman did her best to catch his attention. Nothing more had ever been said about them, and Cava acted with all professionalism and decorum whenever they dealt with each other. But still… Genevieve never had that kind of problem because she didn’t dally where she worked.  Kind of hard to have a problem when you never dally anywhere, her annoyingly honest conscience reminded her. With a sigh, she grabbed her coffee and returned to her desk. After seeking out one of the sergeants to fix another problem in record time, she hotfooted it to the colonel’s office. And her aggravating day went from bad to worse.  *** As if thinking about him when she shouldn’t wasn’t bad enough, now Genevieve had to work on a project with him? As she drove home after her worst day at work since arriving in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, she realized she recognized the SUV in front of her. The dark blue vehicle belonged to the man burrowing under her skin like a tick. Major Cava drove over the speed limit all the way…home? He parked next door to her, and she pulled into her driveway blocked from his view by her house. She parked the car and sat, pondering the implications of her knowledge. Naked guy jerking off next door. Brad Cava lived next door. God, let him have a roommate. Please. Before she could fully fathom how bad it would be to have him living so close, he pulled open her door. “Were you following me?” She stepped out of her car and had to push his chest to get him to move back. Again, unfortunate that he smelled like sex and temptation. And now she knew his chest felt like iron. So not helping her tone down her attraction. “I happen to live here.” He blinked down at her. “You do?” “Yes. I do.” His eyes narrowed. “When did you move in?” She prayed her cheeks didn’t look as hot as they felt. “Yesterday.” “Yeah? I didn’t see any lights.” Great, now his cheeks looked pink. “The electricity was powered back on today. Made it hard to move around last night, so I slept downstairs on my couch.” Oh yeah, totally not anywhere near that upstairs window watching you pleasure your fine self. He seemed to relax, and then he grimaced. “You’re my new neighbor?” Insulted by his reaction, she glared at him. “If I’d known you lived next door, you can bet I’d have passed on the lease.” “You can’t be any worse than the last guys, I suppose.” He sighed. “Just keep the noise down and have your boyfriends park in your driveway, not in front of my house.” “Why? Does your roommate need the extra space?” Please say yes so I know I wasn’t ogling you yesterday… “Nope. It’s just me.” “Terrific.” Oh hell. Her lust skyrocketed, and her ability to be distant around the man threatened to crash and burn, big time. Copyright © 2014 Marie Harte All rights reserved, Fated Desires Publishing   And don't miss the rest in the Good to Go series! A MAJOR ATTRACTION A MAJOR SEDUCTION by Marie Harte Copyright © 2014 Marie Harte All rights reserved — Fated Desires Publishing

Whats new with Cathryn Fox

New Release!

I'm so excited to announce that CRASHING DOWN, book one in the SUMMER LOVIN' Series is now available.  

Here's what the reviewers are saying!
 

"Crashing Down is a summer must read! I was captivated from start to finish!"--#1 NYT Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken 

"Cathryn Fox has done it again. Noah is a sexy, tortured alpha, and Kat is the perfect girl to tame him. The sexual tension between them heated my kindle and kept me turning the pages!" --NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Suzanne Rock

"Crashing Down was a great captivating read. I loved everything about it, the writing flowed and I was lost for a couple of hours. The pace of the story was perfect and the characters were well developed. Of course there is always something that is wrong when it ends; I wish it could have been longer. The chemistry between Noah and Kathryn is instant, it’s passionate and it’s electrifying. --Monica Cardoza, Goodreads reviewer

When Reckless meets Responsible.

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Straight A student Kathryn Lane is all work and no play. She's determined to keep her scholarship, and that means no distractions...until she takes a summer internship at Stone Cliff Resort and meets bad boy Noah Ryan. She knows she should keep her distance—after all he’s not the kind of guy she can bring home to daddy—but his disarming smile and dangerous ways are entirely too tempting. 

College dropout, Noah Ryan takes one look at Kathryn and instantly knows her type—ambitious, driven and determined, just like he used to be, before the accident that derailed his life and left him an emotional wreck. He vows to avoid her, but when a co-worker backs him into a bet he can’t refuse, everything he’s been running from is challenged and he’s forced to confront his demons.

Soon, Kathryn and Noah are lost to everything except each other. As their lives become entwined, their passion is reckless, their heat all-consuming but when hurtful truths spill out, can Noah prove himself worthy of the one girl who can heal his wounded heart, or will the fire they ignited turn to ash when it all comes crashing down?

First up let me present two boxed sets from the InkHeart Authors!  No matter how you like it, Sexy and Sweet, or Steamy and Sizzling, we've got something for everyone!
 

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STEAMY & SIZZLING
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Wicked All The Way by Shayla Black
When a gruff military man with a desire to control seduces a skittish divorcee bent on finding her independence, will she give in to more than their sizzling chemistry?

The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake
Sent to steal her secrets, he soon craved her submission.

The Male Stripper by Opal Carew
Her ultimate sexual fantasy brought to life….not one, but two sexy male strippers for one night of torrid passion she’ll never forget.

Elemental Pleasure by Mari Carr and Lila Dubois
There is passion and power in three.

Grif by Bianca D’Arc
Grif is far from home when he meets a sexy, magical woman in desperate need of his help.

Web of Desire by Cathryn Fox
When the captive suddenly becomes the captor, Ally finds herself tangled in a web of desire—of her own making.

Allure by Nina Lane
In Book Two of the sexy Spiral of Bliss trilogy, Liv and Dean West’s passionate romance is put to the test as they struggle with an unexpected family crisis.

One Hot Fall Term by Sharon Page
College freshman Mia fights to make a long distance relationship work with her gorgeous hometown boyfriend Ryan–but billionaire’s son Jonathon plans to seduce her away.

Dare to Love by Carly Phillips
When a man who requires dominance falls for a woman who needs independence, can they survive the fallout?

The Great Escape by Suzanne Rock
Gianni loves dominating Sienna during her sessions at the Ecstasy Spa, but when his ex-lover returns and wants in on the action, all three of them uncover a bond that forces them change their views about love.

Through My Window by Jayne Rylon
What happens when a sex worker fall in love with a client but doesn’t plan to quit her job?

Rocked by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott
Love definitely wasn’t on the setlist.

SEXY & SWEET

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Falling Into Forever by Elena Aitken
Secrets cause Kari to run, Rhys is determined to catch her, can she find the courage to trust again?

A Daughter’s Place by CJ Carmichael
For the sake of her child, a single mother must face the father who disowned her, the ex-boyfriend who hurt her and the neighbor she’s always loved in…

Tempt Me Cowboy by Megan Crane
Chelsea Collier is a good girl schoolteacher who’s never done a bad thing in her life, but bad boy newcomer Jasper Flint is definitely a bad thing worth doing…

His for the Weekend by Janelle Denison
After nine years apart, one forbidden kiss between past lovers leads to one hot weekend, but when their time together is over, will Rachel walk away from Luke again, or can he convince her to stay and be his forever?

Unspoken by Lauren Hawkeye
Once, Ellie Kendrick was the only thing that Dominic Gabriel wanted… now she’s back and her version of what happened between them so long ago makes him question everything he knows about himself as a man…

Weekend with the Tycoon by Kaira Rouda
When wealthy tycoon Blake Putnam invites employee Samantha Jones to a family wedding on Indigo island with no strings attached he knows it’s risky business, but neither of them expects what happens next.

Sweet Reunion by Melanie Shawn
Sometimes first love deserves a second chance.

The Start of Something Good by Renee Vincent writing as Gracie Lee Rose
Who knew Mr. Right lived right next door?

Where Their Hearts Collide by Zoe York
When the girl next door meets the man of her dreams…at exactly the wrong time.

 

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What's new with Diann Mills

Help celebrate my latest book release, FIREWALL, first in the FBI: Houston series, with a Pin to Win Giveaway Opportunity for great prizes, including an iPad Mini!

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Let's talk about FREE

Okay, I want to talk about something important today. Can you guess what it is?
Ebooks.
Not just any average ebook, but Free Ebooks. Its a big deal. Trust me.

 

The word Free always catches a persons attention. People like Free. Free is easy, free gives you a thrill. Free always catches your eye like when you're in the store and you see a sale going on for something you love and you see a tag saying BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE or The price is FREE (just pay s&h) in small letters. Its an attention getter. A person feels that they benefit from it. They get that two second rush of "I just got that and I didn't have to pay." We always feel great about it and we can't wait to tell our friends about how we just got a free bottle of perfume at Victoria Secret, or that Free blouse at Macy's.
But FREE gets abused. FREE gets taken advantage of. Especially in the digital world.
We all know that people all over the world pirate books when they go online, it happens every day. Its an epidemic that doesn't seem to see any end in sight.
But the thing about people that pirate books is that they usually do it quietly yet they still rave about how they got this such and such a book but when you ask them where they got it well...
So in comes the whole dilemma of people that are fans taking from the authors that they love so much. Then you start to hear, "I love this authors work, I just can't afford to buy it from the store. Besides what's one more downloaded book? No one is going to notice."
Someone does.

 

Then there are fans that actually do buy the books so they go out and buy ereaders or tablets specifically for their ebooks. (Yes, they really do that.) But they only have a few ebooks on them because they can't afford to invest in buying books as much as they would like.
That doesn't need to be a problem. For someone like me who doesn't have a whole lot of money to invest in my addiction all the time or even have a few bucks to spare at the end of the month I need a way to feed my need to read. Very frequently.
So how can someone like me afford to buy dozens of books a week, or hundreds of books a month without stealing them?

There are plenty of online websites that provide them to you. Legitimately.
(I know, I know... An honest person never uses the word legit, right?) But seriously.

I'm not just talking about going on some site signing up hoping to win a give away at the end of the month, or entering some kind of contest that does a random selection out of thousands of other readers. Although those are totally cool and fun. I do them all the time. Thank you and God bless Writerspace, Fresh Fiction and Goodreads - among many other websites that host giveaways.
And I'm not talking about publisher provided ebooks - which if you haven't tried, you need to seriously consider because its the best thing I've discovered since chocolate. (Thank you Netgalley)

But for those of you that want that simple click automatic download fulfillment....

(I'm sure we all know this button by heart....) 

...you can easily find FREE ebooks provided by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, KOBO, Itunes/Ibooks, Smashwords and many other websites. Seriously. Like millions of books a day on those websites are FREE. (Promotion whore much?)

Even authors post FREE ebooks on their websites. (Don't believe me, check their pages and give them a visit. I bet you'll find at least one site that has a free novella or ebook available. Sign up for newsletters too because a lot of times the authors provide discount coupons to get Free access to their books.)

But back to my original point, people hear that Amazon or Barnes and Noble or Itunes provide Free ebooks and they think, well they got to be unknown authors or lame novellas written by someones sister in law that no one wants to read,  no.
There are tons of really great, very well known authors listed every day, cycled every twenty four hours on their websites posting FREE ebooks all the time.
I'm not kidding.

 

All the time I'm asked how I could possibly own thousands... thousands of ebooks all Free without pirating them. That's how. Its as simple as that.

Every day I go online or -(any time I have some free time) to look it over and I search for the Free ebooks.
Because I am a major Romance genre fan, I typically look under that category but all the time I find really great books listed for Free from well known to best selling authors. I buy them up, the author still benefits from it, and I'm not stealing from them. All the while I get to feed my book addiction, I post reviews on the books I read and still have plenty more to pick from.

My wallet gets to survive another week, and when I can go out and invest in a major book haul, I go on a little spree and walk out with a smile because I don't have to worry about how I'm going to be able to afford the next one.

So you may have to wait a little while for the next new book or save up for the one you really want to buy at the store but you can also give a looksee online. You may discover something you like. I've discovered hundreds of new authors doing it that way, and there's nothing wrong with finding someone new to read.
Give it a try sometime.

So go and buy FREE.

 Free... Free... Free....