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Authors with A-names post on the 1st of each month, B-names post on the 2nd, C-names on the 3rd etc.
The 29th, 30th, and 31st are free-for-all days.




Friday, October 17, 2014

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NO94IQG
Jimmyed Coffin, Mudflat Magic 7, release date Oct. 21. Lock in the price with preorder.
Also, the first book in the series is free on Amazon, Kobo, nook, plus:
The first three books are now in a BookClub edition at a reduced price. You can find all the links on my website at http://phoebematthews.com
Oh yeah, there's a twitter hashtag and I keep forgetting to use it. If you do humorous urban fantasy, by all means, use it and I will find your books. #urbanfantasylite
Hugs,
Phoebe


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Monday, August 18, 2014

Charmed Lovers (Box Set) by Zenobia Renquist

Charmed Lovers (Box Set) by Zenobia Renquist

Charmed Lovers (Box Set) by Zenobia Renquist
Erotic Vampire Romance, MF
Changeling Press

Buy Link:
http://zenobiarenquist.com/bookshelf/caveat-emptor-series/charmed-lovers-box

Blurb:
With humans caught in a war between vampires and mages, three couples' love endures amidst the chaos.

Humans are caught in an on-going conflict between the vampires and the mages. There are those who want to live together in peace and those who think fighting is much more profitable. Three couples are struggling to make love work amidst the chaos.

Note: This box set contains the previously released novellas Charmed Lover, Trapped Lover, Provoked Lover, Anguished Lover, Forgotten Lover, Determined Lover, and Eternal Lovers of the Caveat Emptor Series.

--
Zenobia Renquist
Discover Different and Unique Romance & Erotica
http://about.me/zenobiarenquist
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The Tesserene Imperative (Book Two of The Imperative Chronicles) is now available on Amazon


It was supposed to be a routine prospecting mission, but in an asteroid belt nothing is routine. 

With 43 billion souls crammed together on Mother Earth and using up natural resources at an unsustainable rate, the essential minerals that support human civilization are in desperately low supply. Tesserene, the mineral that makes starflight travel possible, is especially critical. Without it, humans are effectively imprisoned in their home system. 

When prospecting ship Shamu is almost destroyed in a distant asteroid belt, Swede Johansen and rest of the crew of five are left with three days of air, little water, a smashed starflight drive, and no hope of rescue. It will take every ounce of ingenuity and stubborn pigheadedness they possess to find a way to survive. 

In the shadows of a small moon, an amazing discovery leads to first contact. Will it open the galaxy to human exploration, or doom mankind to extinction?


The Tesserene Imperative is available for Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MCYMMJ4.  (You can read the first 10% of the book in Look Inside.)

To find out more about the author and his works, visit his website at http://markterencechapman.com, his blog at http://tesserene.blogspot.com, or follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/MarkTerenceChap.

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The Mars Imperative (Book One of The Imperative Chronicles) is now available on Amazon


With 38 billion people choking Planet Earth, civilization is near a breaking point. Mankind's only hope for long-term survival is to expand to the stars; but until then, Earth must mine the solar system for iron, copper, and the many other raw materials needed in daily life.

Enter James McKie, a 23-year-old with a degree in Areology (Martian geology), on his way to his first job in space. Starry-eyed, he looks forward to making his mark on the Red Planet. But first he has to survive the trip there. A mysterious fire aboard his ship leads to a crisis on the giant space elevator high above Mars. When he arrives, he still has to survive the perils of Mars itself: rocks slides and planet-wide dust storms that leave unwary travelers blind in red-out conditions, unable to find their way home before their oxygen runs out. 

And then there's the terrorist. 

In the end, there's an incredible discovery waiting to be made: the key to terraforming the planet for human habitation--if it doesn't kill everyone first.

The Mars Imperative is available for Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LTATR22


To find out more about the author and his works, visit his website at http://markterencechapman.com, his blog at http://tesserene.blogspot.com, or follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/MarkTerenceChap.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

 Meet the Mudflat Magic neighbors in Guard Dog?,  a FREEBIE of 3 ahort stories.

For more information about my three urban fantasy series, visit my website.


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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Her Fated Cowboy by Donna Michaels

Her Fated Cowboy by Donna Michaels
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For the Love of Military Romance: Guest Author Donna Michaels

For the Love of Military Romance: Guest Author Donna Michaels: Hello everyone, Thank you so much FTLOMR for allowing me to Guest Blog today. My name is Donna Michaels. I’m an author of Rom...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Urbanfantasylite

From a Kindle promo website comes this definition of urban fantasy:
magical elements set within the real world.

Many UFs are very dark, grim, serious. As none of my novels contain these elements, it seemed appropriate to add the word "lite" to my site. Not "light" as in bright and shiny and enlightening, "lite" as in beer, entertaining.

Skol!
Phoebe

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Free short stories

Valentine Vampire is a short ebook with two stories about Dominic, a character in the Turning Vampire series. If you like a little history with a vampire romance, Valentine Vampire is set in Chicago on the night of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929 which happened two blocks from my grandmother’s house and yes, she heard the machine guns. Back then, nobody went running out into the street to investigate gunfire.
FREE for nook, Smashwords, Kobo.

Enjoy!
Phoebe Matthews
http://phoebematthews.com
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

My latest hobby -

Because I have all this free time to procrastinate -
Writing has led me to a new hobby. I have no photo skills, but fortunately modern cameras do all the hard stuff. This gives me a chance to snap locations of scenes in my books. Some of my photos get incorporated into the book covers. Now some of my amateur shots are at http://mudflatbks.blogspot.com.

Why am I procrastinating? Well, I just finished the third book for my Turning Vampire series for Dark Quest and must now get busy on the fourth book in the Sunspinner series. And maybe a seventh book for the Mudflat Magic series, but probably not until 2014. Currently, I have a novel and two short story collections FREE at several sites. You can find the link to your specific ereader on my website at http://phoebematthews.com,  The free novel is Tyrant Trouble.

Hugs and happy reading,
Phoebe Matthews

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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Exciting new video for Paris Bites!



This so cool that I had to share it! I just got a book trailer video for my new book Paris Bites. Now that it's done you can tell me what you think.

You can rate the video or follow me on You Tube too if you want to see all of my book trailers.

Enjoy and thank you!

http://youtu.be/odudGeYDdhs

PARIS BITES  is still 15%  off if you pre-order this week and release day is tomorrow!
http://www.bookstrand.com/paris-bites

See all my books available at Bookstrand here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/missy-lyons

Lots of love to you all,
Missy


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Thursday, October 25, 2012

John Mellancamp speak out against piracy


John Mellencamp




"Tell me where, under today's conditions of de facto indentured servitude, will the new artists come from? If I were a young songwriter today, I would definitely be looking for another way to earn a living. The same would go for the young screenwriter or novelist. And what about the guy who only had one or two hit records 10 or 50 years ago? What happens to this guy who depends on that income to support his family if people are stealing those songs now? Tough luck, right? This is the thread of failure in front of all artists today. Art exclusively as a hobby -- that's the "new model" it seems. And to all you bloggers who have prophesized that this new way is going to somehow provide sustainable careers? Your prophecies did not and will never come true. If there is the occasional sparkle of success, it usually turns out to be nothing more than a novelty, not a new business model. We need to restore intellectual property to its rightful owners and reconstruct the business that has lost thousands and thousands of jobs plus billions of dollars in revenue."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mellencamp/online-piracy-search-engines_b_2018332.html


Read the whole article.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Vampire chapter

The first chapter of Vampire Disaster by Phoebe Matthews is now featured on Zenobia Renquist's site. Thanks, Zenobia! If you like to read first chapters, this is a great place to find new books to sample.

Vampire Disaster ebook is available for nook and iPad,
and in print everywhere.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Shark's Mate (m/m) just released!


So I am just doing a happy dance. My book Shark's Mate is finally available and up on the Siren website. I've included an excerpt for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!  


SHARK'S MATE IS NOW AVAILABLE
AT SIREN BOOKSTRAND


Shanghai Shindu lives a carefree life in the tropics as a shape-shifting shark, hunting the land and the sea. He shows up with the rest of his pack of shape-shifting sharks at the wedding party for his brother. Shanghai never expects to meet his mate at a party full of werewolves and vampires, and is even more shocked to find he is human.
Cain Castle is working undercover as a handyman on the private island, but he is a psychic and a healer helping to keep an eye on the wedding guests. It’s a dangerous job, but there is also the crazy, overwhelming attraction to Shanghai, who doesn’t even acknowledge he exists until the day Shanghai stops a vampire from having him as lunch. Suddenly Cain is swept up in a world full of dark pleasures and sinful delights.

Excerpt:

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If you enjoyed reading the excerpt, you can find out more or pick up your copy here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/sharks-mate

See all of Missy Lyons book on her Siren author page here:
http://www.bookstrand.com/missy-lyons

Lots of Love,
Missy Lyons

Website: http://www.missylyons.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMissyLyons
Twitter: @missylyons
Blog: http://missylyons.blogspot.com/

EDGE OF DARKNESS
A shifter can only find safety within the arms of her sworn enemy
Coming Soon from Sugar and Spice Press
http://www.sugarnspicepress.com/


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Friday, June 22, 2012

Shark's Mate is 10% off and available to pre-order


I have great news! Shark's Mate went up for pre-order and will be 10% off for a limited time. 


 
Shark

Shanghai Shindu lives a carefree life in the tropics as a shape-shifting shark, hunting the land and the sea. He shows up with the rest of his pack of shape-shifting sharks at the wedding party for his brother. Shanghai never expects to meet his mate at a party full of werewolves and vampires, and is even more shocked to find he is human.
Cain Castle is working undercover as a handyman on the private island, but he is a psychic and a healer helping to keep an eye on the wedding guests. It’s a dangerous job, but there is also the crazy, overwhelming attraction to Shanghai, who doesn’t even acknowledge he exists until the day Shanghai stops a vampire from having him as lunch. Suddenly Cain is swept up in a world full of dark pleasures and sinful delights.
A Siren Erotic Romance

Get your copy here:
See all of Missy Lyon's Siren Books here:






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Monday, April 9, 2012

FREE ebooks today and tomorrow!

NOW through the end of the 10th... The two books of the Prophecy serial (Prophecy: Revelations and Prophecy Rapture) are FREE on Amazon Kindle ebooks. If you don't own a Kindle, you can read them on the Kindle desktop program or a Kindle app on another reader. This was my first ever book (from 2001) and is paranormal action romance. Hope everyone enjoys my Easter gift to you!

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Years from Missy Lyons!

Happy New Year's everyone!

It's time to end the year 2011, whether we are ready or not--and I am ready!!

I am finding myself looking back over the year and evaluating what I did well and what didn't work. I think 2011 kicked my butt and then turned around and did it again. My husband lost his eye this year and my babygirl underwent a her first surgery. My priorities changed and I began to deal with what was most important to me--family. I stopped writing for the first half of the year and then took it up again in Summer and Fall and I think my word count for the year ended up being around 80,000 words. Not bad for putting my writing on a back burner. It's been quite a ride. Now I can't wait for this year to end so I can take the reins back to my life and get this horse and pony show started. lol

In 2012 I already have two releases scheduled and plans to use my time more wisely. I have a few friends that have already written down a list of the books they plan to write. Me? I'm not so organized, but I will be writing.

What are your plans for the New Year?

Lots of love to you all and I hope all your hopes and dreams come true for 2012! Happy New Years!

Missy Lyons www.missylyons.com

Tonight I plan to break out the bubbly and celebrate until I can't party anymore and then I'll be sleeping it off tomorrow just like this guy. lol Enjoy your New Year's y'all!


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

New Release - WHC: Stripping Christmas by Zenobia Renquist


Out Now!!

Stripping Christmas
White Hot Christmas (multi-author series)
by Zenobia Renquist

Changeling Press

eBook ISBN: 978-1-60521-716-1
Genre: Erotic Romance, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Fey/Elves, Interracial, Magic, Christmas
Price: $2.99/US

Alex is firmly on the naughty list, and she wants Santa to join her.

Alex thought she was going to a job. Instead she ends up marrying the heir to the title of Santa Claus. The vows have been said and cannot be taken back, even if Alex isn't the ideal bride Kris was hoping for to re-energize the powers of the House of Kringle. But Alex is about to teach him that being a little naughty -- or a lot -- can go a long way.


Buy Now: http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1740

Read Excerpt #1: http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1740

Read Excerpt #2: http://zenobiarenquist.com/bookshelf/stripping-christmas

Full first chapter available online at D. Renee Bagby Presents First Chapters blog on 20 December 2011.

Purchase this title and/or any of the other White Hot Christmas titles and you are entered to win Free eBooks for a Year from Changeling Press. Each purchase of a White Hot Christmas title is an entry. Contest ends 31 December. Full details available HERE.

--
Zenobia Renquist
Discover Different and Unique Romance
http://zenobiarenquist.com
Caveat Emptor Series - Follow three couples as they struggle with love during a vampire-mage war.

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Spooky YA list for Halloween -


Halloween Listmania features ten spooky books, each 99 cents, suitable for YA, described as bewitching offerings from 10 authors whose credits include Kindle Bestsellers, Romantic Times Top Picks, and Rita and Eppie award winners! And yea! My short story collection is included. These are stories based on the Mudflat characters and have been previously published in magazines and anthologies.

If you have a YA in the family, pass along this list. Most of these books are only at this lowered price through October 31.

Click logo for direct link to Amazon Spooky Tales Listmania.
Phoebe Matthews
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

New BDSM Book Release: Chains of Love

I am very pleased to present the newest release of Hot Tropica books, Chains of Love! If you love hawt men dressed in drag and werewolves who stalk the streets at night looking for their prey, then this is the book for you.



Chains of Love
by Mercedes Black
Published by Hot Tropica books
Price $5.99

Blurb:

Detective Colt Bacard is fighting against time to find a serial killer in Fort Lauderdale, and he is not ready to believe the superstitious nonsense that everyone else is spouting off. There's no such thing as vampires and there has got to be a simple explanation to the trademark holes in each of the victim’s neck.

He is willing to go deep undercover to find the serial killer. Even if that means he has to wear lipstick and high heels to do it.

Dressing as a female to help lure out the killer, he finds an honest to God werewolf whom he can't help but feel an attraction to.

Griffin knows better than to interfere when a human stumbles into his world, but the sexy detective has no idea of the danger he is in, or what his poking around and questions may unearth. When Colt threatens to arrest the leader of the pack of renegade vampire, Griffin is left with little choice except to take the man into protective custody. Colt doesn't go willingly, but it isn't long before his captive heart submits to his new master. Will their love be enough to face life threatening danger together?

Excerpt:
Chains of Love
by Mercedes Black

The scent filling the bathroom turned him on. Tonight he would become as close to a girl as he could without losing his manhood. He cupped his dick in his hands, smoothing around the outside, stroking it until it became harder and stiffer. He needed to come now, so he would not get a hard on while he was with a guy. White cum spurted from the tip of his cock and he leaned against the tile wall letting the hot water fall over his body, washing away any of the soap residue and the evidence of his cum.

He felt some of the tension leave his body, but knew instinctively it wasn’t going to be enough. He dried himself off and exited the shower. He tried on the clothes, and put on the makeup, first the eye shadow and mascara along with a bit of rouge for his cheeks, and finally a black lipstick. He smacked his lips together admiring his work in the mirror. He looked good, but with the wig of short black gothic styled hair, he looked even better.

He looked more like a girl, than most girls, soft and feminine. He practiced using another voice. It was a different tone and pitch than he usually used, mysteriously sexy. This was going to work.

And then, he just stripped his clothes and jacked off some more. It was only six o’clock so he had plenty of time before the official auction. He put in a favorite gay porn movie, watching the guys fuck each other and he masturbated fast and furious. He came a lot, hoping this would help him keep from getting a hard on if he got with another guy tonight. He came until his dick was limp and ached from the workout he gave it. If that didn’t work, he wasn’t sure what would.

He cleaned himself up once more, and then began dressing again. His thigh high nylons slipped on over each leg, and then he put his penis holder on and his sexy panties over the top.

No one was going to be able to tell he was a man.

He put the corset on, and slipped the 36C fake breasts in on each side. He looked down at his new breasts and grinned. This would have everyone bidding on him in this auction, every straight guy in the room. Then he carefully slipped into the low cut dress and put on the high heels. He looked back one last time at the mirror, admiring his handiwork.

He may have to try doing this on his own free time in the near future and not when he was just looking for a killer. The idea of fucking a straight boy who thought he was a woman was hot.

And nobody could tell him he didn’t look damn good as a woman.

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Now available at Smashwords, ARE, Bookstrand, and most major ebook retailors.
Buy here:

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-chainsoflove-513101-142.html
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