Showing posts with label steamy romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steamy romance. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Meet Katie O'Sullivan and Read About AFTER HURRICANE NINA: QUINN'S RESOLUTION (Hot Hunks, Steamy Romance Collection, Book 5)

Katie is one of my fellow authors at The Wild Rose Press, and also writes for other publishers. She's also an award winning writer with a dozen books to her credit, including My Kind of Crazy, Ghosts Don’t Lie, Breaking the Rules, and the Son of a Mermaid series for young teen readers: Descent, Defiance, Deception, and the yet to be released Destiny (Coming soon.) (Hopefully.)

A recovering English major, she earned her degree at Colgate University and now lives on Cape Cod with her family and big dogs, drinking way too much coffee and finding new uses for all the sea glass she obsessively collects from the beach. She writes YA and romantic suspense novels, as well as working full time for a high tech company. Which explains all the coffee.






After he loses everything, can she help him find his way back to the music?

Eight Strangers. Eight Unique Stories. All Stand-alone Novellas.  

On November 30, 2016, Hurricane Nina hit Bali, Indonesia. In the aftermath of death and destruction, eight strong sexy men will realize it’s time for a change in their lives. A resolution of sorts. A contractor, a personal trainer, a millionaire, a stuntman, a rock star, a thrill-seeker, an army veteran, and a trust fund prodigal will all find a way to conquer their loss and learn to love.

This is Quinn’s story. Resolution: To find his way back to the music.

Quinn MacDonald had it made. With a record label deal and their first single skyrocketing up the charts, his indie punk band is finally getting a taste of rock and roll fame. Bikini-clad women and bottomless bottles of booze fill endless days… until their hotel collapses during a hurricane. He’s still under contract but as far as he’s concerned, the music died along with the rest of his band.

Life has never been easy for Phoebe Snow. Working three minimum wage jobs barely keeps a roof over her head while she and her band struggle to get noticed. But on stage, nothing matters but the music in her heart.

When her band plays a cover of one of his hits, Quinn is blown away. Can Phoebe be the inspiration he needs for more than just writing songs?

Excerpt

On the open-air stage in Times Square, Quinn MacDonald was making a very different resolution for the fast-approaching new year. As he stood there with a fake smile plastered on his face, listening to Wiz Khalifa spout on about some after-party, Quinn vowed he would never sing on stage in public again. No matter what the fucking studio executives said, they couldn’t make him do this. Rock stars don’t cry on national television, for fuck’s sake.
He felt raw. Exposed. Alone.
And the duet with Demi Lovato? Someone had to have planned that ahead of time without telling him a thing. There’s no such thing as spontaneous singing for television cameras. Certainly not on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. So let’s add feeling “used” into the mix.
He didn’t like it. It was… wrong.

Sure, he’d promote the album. It was part of the contract he signed. He owed that much to the memory of his friends, and to their families. But as far as Quinn was concerned, the music died in the hurricane along with the rest of his band.


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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Meet My #RomanticIdea Guest--Award-Winning Author of Steamy Romantic Adventures, Sheri Fredricks

Always on the hunt for the uncommon things in life, award-winning author Sheri Fredricks thrives on creating romantic adventures.

A former engineering secretary, she lives on California’s beautiful central coast. "I wanted to move away from a profession of inflexible right angles and create an unboxed world with no boundaries." A voracious reader since her early years, Sheri found her brain crowded with stories of her own. "Ultimately," she says, "my husband encouraged me to write them all down." 

Winner of the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s Choice Award, and a Finalist multiple times for InD’Tale eMagazine’s Reward Of Novel Excellence award (RONE), she has numerous five-star reviews everywhere eBooks are sold.

Sheri loves to spend time at home and connecting with readers. A computer hutch keeps her focused on creating stories, but the panoramic view of life on a ranch will call her outside to play in the sun.
 
 
Sheri's latest title is MONICA BEGGS, with Temple Publishing.
 
About MONICA BEGGS

 
When a Former Special Ops agent tries to save his porn-star crush, playing it hot and heavy will only lead them straight into action! 
Monica Beggs is more than the hottest porn star out on DVD—she's Finn Daniel's next assignment.
 
 
Lights. Camera. Lube? 
Famous porn star Monica Beggs wrapped up another grueling on-location movie shoot when the Colombian cartel attempted to kidnap her. Their guns are as real as the price on her pretty head. 
Former Special Ops and present day surfer, Finn Daniels recognizes a lady in distress when he sees one—especially if it’s his adult film crush being hustled out the door. He’s no longer in the business of busting up the underworld, but that doesn’t deflect his moral compass. 
In a fast-paced adventure—over land, sea, and air—playing it hot and heavy will lead them straight into action! 
 
 
Setup and Excerpt
 
As a precision military Spec-Ops man, Finn had been confident and bold. But now, with the beautiful adult film star Monica Beggs under his roof and in his protection, he lets down his guard and succumbs to his growing attraction.
No matter how many movies she’d made, or sexual positions that’d made her famous, Finn got the distinct impression the woman who knelt at his feet with her eyes closed, gently caressing his balls, was not one and the same.
Euphoria lifted his spirits. His pulse pounded faster. He equated the feel of exhilaration to being the first surfer out at daybreak, shredding waves through the misty morning rollers. A pleasant ached bloomed in his chest.
Monica backed off. A sweet slurping sound ensued before she took a breath and went down again. Her lips wrapped his width and she began another steady rhythm as her fist slid along a spit-shined track.
Each time she skated to the top, she held him in a tight grip and flat-tongued his sensitive underside with a side-to-side motion. Her free hand massaged his balls, encouraging the ache to build.
Finn’s eyes rolled back. His brains splattered the inside of his head as if the grey matter were made of popcorn. At a slight tug from down below, he reapplied his blurry vision.
Her grin turned positively devilish. “You ready to accept defeat, Big Kahuna?”
Somehow managing a half-step back on legs the consistency of spaghetti, he lifted the porn star to her feet. “We’ll see who the victor will be. Lose the dress.”
 
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Romantic Ideas to Enjoy this Summer
As a romance author, I have a file where I jot down date ideas. If I need an idea for a scene I’m writing, I skim through and see if any of them fit.
Maybe you’d like to try one of my date ideas and let me know how it turns out for you! Here’s a few: 
1.   Horseback Riding
Rocking hips and cowboy hats — it doesn’t get more romantic than that.
2.   Hit the Beach
Coconut oil, sparkling water, warm sun, and lots of skin. A modest form of nakedness!
 
3.   Go Retro With A Drive-In Movie
It’s like a regular movie, except with a private back seat!
4.   Old-Fashioned…With A Twist!
Going out to dinner means there’s no mess to clean-up. Follow it up with a hot tub for two — and it’s a recipe for romance.
If you have an idea you’d like to share, I’m all ears.
Look for more books to come in my shapeshifting centaur series.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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