Thursday, April 12, 2007

To Write...

An author, whether he or she has been writing their entire life or just one day, is a work in progress. Passion for writing is like an illness for which there is no cure. You feel it in your soul. Honing the craft keeps you up late at night and wakes you at the peak of dawn. The journey of discovery which ensues can trail into the deepest valley of despair, and then crest to the height of expectation. By soaking up knowledge, I hope to enlighten myself as a person, and enhance my writing. Keep living, loving and smiling.

r. Pia

Monday, April 9, 2007

Gothic Blue by Portia Da Costa


  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books; Reprinted Ed edition (April 3, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0352330759
  • ISBN-13: 978-0352330758
Book Description
Two hundred years ago, a handsome young nobleman falls under the spell of a malevolent but irresistible sorceress. In the present, stranded by a thunderstorm at a remote Gothic priory, Belinda and her boyfriend are drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy. Their host is the courteous but melancholic André von Kastel, a beautiful aristocrat who mourns his lost love. He has plans for Belinda - plans which will take her into the realms of obsessive love and erotic who-knows-what.


About the Author
Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica returning to Black Lace after a few years away.

Rose Petals by Jennifer Leeland


Released today. Rose Petals III
It will be worth it since it has THREE of us featured. Dara Edmundson, Terry Odell and myself. It's the "spicier" anthology.
"Garden of Sin" won the Bouquet contest and I'm so excited about this because it's my first release in print.

Desert of Desire by Dara Edmundson

New York reporter Eve Mason is perfectly content in her comfortable world shunning romance for fear of the inevitable heartbreak. When she's sent to interview reclusive author Red Calloway in Sedona, Arizona, she discovers the passion she's been missing her whole life in his desert paradise.

Second Chance Rose by Terry Odell

Rose has had her one true love. After her husband's death, she moves across the country and discovers the special garden her mother told her about in childhood bedtime stories. When she meets Richard, friendship blooms. But can there be second chances for true love?

Garden of Sin by Jennifer Leeland

Shy but brilliant and unsure around women, Forrest Sterling asks Mira Serrano for help. Despite her misgivings, she agrees and a favor turns into something neither can forget. Eight years later, Forrest is back to claim the woman he never forgot. Now, he's giving the lessons to convince Mira that they belong together and he'll use any method to do it.

Read Tawny Taylor's Wild Nights


Passion Unbound: Wild Nights
by Tawny Taylor
cover art by Sahara Kelly
ISBN (10): 1-59596-673-0 ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-673-5
Genre(s): Paranormal, Action/Adventure, BDSM
Theme(s): M�nage, Shapeshifters
Series: Passion Unbound
Length: Novel (28k - 35k words)


And thus it was from the beginning of time. Two knights. One bride. They whispered their story to The Chosen, a human endowed with the gift of Hearing... The Chosen wrote the story and released it into the human world.

The bait was set. The spell was cast. And then they waited... (An excerpt from the Ierd Kimeno, the sacred text of the Twelfth Knight Brotherhood)

Secretary Maggie Dunning loves her romance novels. Her favorite -- Conquered by the Knight, the story of two dominant, sexy shapeshifters, Xander and Bastien. To be possessed by two powerful Masters? Heavy, happy, lust-filled sigh!

But that�s just fantasy. It could never happen in real life... right?

Little did she know that a paper cut and a few muttered words would make all her fantasies come to life, including the hunky Xander and Bastien. One minute she�s cozy in bed sleeping, the next she�s dragged into a world she�d thought only existed in her imagination, to face her most secret desires... and her worst fears.

Bastien and Xander have their own challenges to face -- a crime to investigate and a dangerous threat to the Twelfth Night Brotherhood to uncover. But they won't let that stop them from seizing their fascinating new bride and introducing her to the ecstasy of complete surrender.

Monday, April 2, 2007

Dolce & Diana by Cassidy Kent


DOLCE & DIANA
by Cassidy Kent
Publisher: Phaze.com
http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Dol...by+Cassidy+Kent

March, 2006
ISBN 1-59426-524-0

After a quick and painless divorce, fashionista Diana Radford (formerly Simmons) is ready to start over. With a settlement of three million and a resort island off the coast of Grenada, she decides to realize her culinary dreams by taking over the island's restaurant, naming it "Dolce" after her mother. Although not classically educated in the culinary arts, Diana possesses a rare natural ability and puts it to work creating brilliant Italian/Caribbean fusion dishes.

Chance Kohler is a culinary celebrity like no other, with an arrogance to rival his talent. After helming several 5-star restaurants in the States, Chance jumped at the opportunity to host "Fighting Chance", his own reality cooking series. For the past two seasons, he's faced off against the best and the brightest of the cooking world. When Diana is selected as his next opponent, Chance balks at his producer's choice. The former waitress doesn't even have a degree and has only had her restaurant for six months, even if she is some kind of prodigy!

From the moment Chance sees Diana dicing mangoes in designer couture, she whets his appetite and leaves him craving for second helpings. Diana can't stand his antagonistic edge, but there's no denying the delectable sensuality in his every movement. After all, even if she loses to him, it means press for her resort. But if she wins, Diana will be the series' new host and Chance will suffer the humiliation of losing. Either way, the competition will be fierce but tasty, and the whole world will be watching.