All Good Things Must End - Hope You Had Fun

Well, this is the last time y'all will see the icon above here on my blog, but it has been a blast doing this. I met some new-to-me authors, got some great recommendations for books, and got some great memories of books I've already read. Now, without further ado, here is the final post, directly from our 'fearless leaders - Taryn, Dawn and Kelly!

The Sweet, Sexy, Scorching Giveaway is drawing to an end. I know, I know, we're sad too!

This past month has not only been an experience for some of us bloggers, but to readers as well. We've found many new authors to read during this hop- which is what we were hoping for. And what's better than that?! More books, more authors and more friends!

To the fabulous 26 authors who graced our blogs with their Sweet, Sexy and Scorching book- THANK YOU for being part of this giveaway hop! Thank you for all the time you took to write up your Guess Who posts for the blogs and all the giveaways you have graciously donated. We also wanted to thank all the bloggers who participated in the month long hop. Thank you for your patience with working out any kinks we may have had. Without you, this couldn't have happened! YOU GUYS ARE ALL ROCK STARS!

Readers, friends and followers- Thank you so much for stopping by each day to all the blogs! We hope you enjoyed this hop

Because...

Wait for it...

We will have another one like this in the new year! Yes! During this hop, we had authors contact us to tell us how much they enjoyed participating and would love to do another one. We've also had some say they would like to join the next time we have one too! Yay!!

If you haven't already, you can sign up for the Moonlight Masquerade http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/2012/07/moonlight-masquerade-giveaway-hop.html
and our
Merry Menage Giveaway hop http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/2012/09/merry-menage-giveaway-hop.html

Today is the last day to get in your entries for the Grand Prize. Three winners will be chosen for the magnificent prize!

Thank you all again!

xoxoxo

Taryn, Dawn and Kelly

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9 (yes Nine) Naughty Novelists Round Out the Hop.

 

 Over the last few weeks we have introduced you to  hopefully “new to you” authors and shown you backlists of authors you already knew. Since this is our last week we decided to go back and resist some of those authors, but not like a recap more like a homage to Author Group Blogging. Why you ask? Well quite a few of the authors we’ve highlighted happen to be part of Author Group Blogs. So with out further ado let’s get started!!

Spread the Word, the Heat is Here - International Heat

Today's group of authors write a multitude of genres, with varying degrees of romantic heat. Whether you like your romance tame or hot, contemporary, historic, or with a touch of the paranormal and magic, these gals have something for you. The one constant is their desire to reach out and heat up their readers' live with it all. Add in one very talented cover artist and there you have...International Heat!!!

The Soul Within Super Book Blast

Today My Odd Little World is one stop on Nancy Adams' Blurb Blitz Tour for her release from Total-e-Bound, The Soul Within. This is a Paranormal Erotic Romance, and the author will give one random commenter a $20 GC to either Amazon or Total-e-bound, commenter's choice. Be sure to leave your email address when you comment.

Nancy’s addiction for a good trash novel began in her late-teens when her grandmother gave her a bag of Harlequin Romance books. She was hooked and spent the next few years lurking in the dark corners of used bookstores searching for her next fix. Until, one marriage and two kids later, her own ideas had her jumping up at 3 am (much to her husband’s annoyance) and typing them into her laptop. Beside her husband and children, Nancy has three passions, rearranging furniture, buying bed linens and, of course, writing. Nancy lives in Eastern Ontario with her family and two over sized lap dogs. 

Website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc

Email address:  Fancy-nancy@hotmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/NancyAdams.scribblingseduction

Blurb for The Soul Within 

Alex’s body is in a coma. His soul, however, is not. Desperate to become whole, he must first convince stubborn beauty Evening Sinclair that he is not dead.

For generations, the Sinclairs have been healers. Using a gentle touch to heal the body and a soothing word to heal the soul, Evening Sinclair is no different. Yet despite her secret abilities, Eve has a somewhat normal existence. She enjoys her small physiotherapy practice, dotes on her eight-year-old daughter and occasionally helps souls get back into their bodies-that is until Alex, with his brooding good looks and glowing eyes, appears in her kitchen.

Alex is desperate to get back into his body-two innocent lives depend on it. His only obstacle is Eve and her stubborn fear. Unfortunately for Eve, Alex is ruthless and just as stubborn. He will do whatever it takes to get what he wants. He will not 'go away' and no matter how much Eve tortures him with her lush body and perfect mouth, he will not change his mind. Eve will merge him, and if it takes him haunting her day and night, she will merge him back with a body-any body.

Excerpt for The Soul Within

 “Go. Please,” she implored again. The look on her face caused him to frown. Not because she had recited those words, yet again, to him but because he was actually considering giving her what she wanted and leaving her alone. He wished he could give her that, but he wouldn’t. Besides, he didn’t like it when people lied to him and she was lying. She was capable of putting him back into his body—he read it on her face, in the movement of her hands and body.

The Guardian Project had spent long hours and millions of dollars teaching their soldiers how to read and interrupt body language. After all, if the people he hunted were on his kill list, they’d been good enough to avoid traditional police and military forces and he had to be better in order to stop them.

Deep in his gut he knew there was more—she wasn’t telling him the whole truth. Shit she wasn’t really telling him anything. It didn’t matter—he would not walk away just because Eve was scared. He would not let Miles kill Jillian. She and her baby would live.

He shook his head. “No.”

She closed her eyes and drew a deep breath. “I won’t help you.”

 “Yes you will.” He took a step closer to her. “And I’m going to haunt you until you give me what I want.”

 “Haunt me.” Her eyes grew wide as a shiver shook her from head to toe.

 “Mmm.” He winked. “I’m not leaving your side until you put me back in my body.”

Heavy footsteps echoed on the front porch.

 “No,” she whispered, her eyebrows pressed together. “I won’t help you.”

 “Yes. You. Will.”

Now, doesn’t this one sound intriguing? I can’t wait to read more of it.

The Heat is On!!! Smutketeers and Down Under Divas Do It Hotter!!!

Now for a bit of a change up. Instead of individual authors, the rest of this week is devoted to Author Groups, and no post about Scorching Hot romance would be complete without the Smutketeers and the Down Under Divas. Between these two groups, they heat up both hemispheres with their steamy works.

To start off our first day of Author Group Bloggers we are opening up with The Smutketeers and the Down Under Divas. We have highlighted three out of the four authors from each group already, so now we get to introducing you to the rest of them. So if you’re ready and willing let’s go have some fun and get…

Super Blast for Heroes Live Forever

Today is a book blast for Chris Karlsen's Heroes Live Forever, a Paranormal Romance. It is one day only at lots of blogs, and I will post links at the end of the post for more chances to win. What do you win, you ask cheekily?? Well, Chris will be giving a digital copy of her thriller "Golden chariot" to one random commenter at each stop, and a $50 Amazon card to one randomly chosen commenter on the tour. So be sure to leave your email with your comment. Now, for a bit about Chris Karlsen, and her book, Heroes Live Forever.

I was born and raised in Chicago. My father was a history professor and my mother was, and is, a voracious reader. I grew up with a love of history and books.

My parents also love traveling, a passion they passed onto me. I wanted to see the places I read about, see the land and monuments from the time periods that fascinated me. I’ve had the good fortune to travel extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.

I am a retired police detective. I spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. My desire to write came in my early teens. After I retired, I decided to pursue that dream.

I currently live in the Pacific Northwest with my husband, four rescue dogs and a rescue horse.

Links:

http://www.chriskarlsen.com/index.html

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/chriskarlsenwriter

http://pinterest.com/chriskarlsen/

Blurb for Heroes Live Forever:

Elinor Hawthorne has inherited a house haunted by the ghosts of two medieval knights, Basil Manneville and Guy Guiscard. Basil is the man of her dreams, her knight in shining armor. She falls in love with him and he with her. Basil soon realizes she needs to live a normal life, a happy life with a mortal.

A lifetime later fate intervenes. Basil, still in love with Elinor, is told her spirit lives on in a young woman and he is given another chance at life to find her.

Excerpt for Heroes Live Forever:

He turned her around and untied the laces of her dress. His fingers lingered at each sliver of exposed skin the open laces left. The gown fell away from her shoulders and rough palms eased the sleeves down, freeing the arms. He inched the dress over hips, unwrapping her like a gift, the silk pillowing at her feet like a bronze cloud.

And, as promised, the links to the tour stops.

1. Reading Romances

2. The Bunny's Review

3. Books and Other Spells

4. Christine Young Romance Writer

5. Shewanda Pugh

6. Carly Fall - Where Fantasy Meets Romance

7. Sugarbeat's Books

8. My Devotional Thoughts

9. The Sinners Series

10. Of Kink, Romance, and Writing

11. Worlds of Possibilities

12. Live To Read ~Krystal

13. Bodice Ripper Novels

14. Flip Flops and Pearls

15. Momof2BookReviews

16. Wicked Readings By Tawania

17. My Odd Little World

18. United By Books

19. Wild Wild Women

20. Hywela Lyn (Romance That's "Out Of This World")

21. Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem

22. Ashlynn's Blog

23. Reviews by Molly

24. Sandra's Blog

25. Hope. Dreams. Life... Love

26. Beyond Romance

27. Queen of the Night Reviews

28. Sexy Adventures, Passionate Tales

29. SnifferWalk

30. Killer Chicks

31. My Reading Obsession

32. Erzabet's Enchantments

Now, go forth and comment - and good luck to you all!!!

Go Bare Naked with Gina Gordon

First, I want to say how much fun this hop has been - and educational too! I learned how to better set up my blog, post codes and just refine my techniques. I also found a lot of new to me authors whose books I want to read, so it has been a great experience. As we begin the final week, I want to thank the powers that be, those three intrepid bloggers that encouraged and supported us all, and worked so hard both behind the scenes and in their own blogs to ensure success. Here's to Taryn, Dawn and Kelly - thanks y'all, for everything. Now, here are the winners for last week, then on with our regularly scheduled program.

Thank you to everyone who has followed the hop this week! Please make sure you stop back next week too, there will be another week of winners and the last chance to enter the grand prize again.




We hope you all are enjoying this Guess Who hop!

Here are the winners for week four of the Sweet, Sexy, Scorching Giveaway Hop-

Melissa (from House of Millar) is the winner of
Kelly Jamieson's Cake Cookie Dough Personal Lubricant- Melissa (from House of Millar)

Olivia (from The Book Tart) is the winner of Juniper Bell's two books from her backlist

Cathy M (from In Love with Romance) and Pam (from BlackRaven's Erotic Cafe) are Rhian Cahill's winners for one book from her backlist

Joy (from Lori's Book Blog) is the winner of Vivian Arend's paperback


Di (from Close Encounters with the Night Kind) is the winner of Erin Nicholas' Cotton Candy Flavored Baby Powder and Just My Type book


I have not yet heard back from this winner:

Allie (from Close Encounters with the NightKind) is the winner of Jayne Rylon's Red Light District series


Winner's, please send an email to Taryn@mysecretromancebookreviews.com so she can get your prizes off to you. Thanks!
 

When her dream of becoming a mafia princess didn’t pan out, Gina Gordon went after her second dream…becoming a writer. And she hasn’t looked back.


Gina, a self-proclaimed happily ever after junkie and cupcake connoisseuse, loves spinning contemporary tales of knee bending first kisses, unconditional love and super-hot sex. She broke out onto the romance scene with her #1 Amazon Bestselling erotic short story Her Five Favorite Words that’s been called a “deliciously naughty tale” by Joyfully Reviewed.

When not chained to her computer, you can find Gina sipping Starbucks, making cupcakes or feeding her addiction to celebrity gossip. She lives in Milton, Ontario with her husband and loveable dog.

I love to hear from readers. E-mail me at gina@ginagordon.net

www.ginagordon.net

www.twitter.com/GordonGina

www.facebook.com/AuthorGinaGordon

Books available at:

Amazon, B&N

WINNER!!

Forever In Lingerie

2011 The Lories Best Published Contest -- 1st Place Novella Category

Publisher: Lyrical Press

Price: $3.50

Publication:November 2010

Buy at:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Lyrical Press

Sony Store


Forever In Lingerie (Bare Naked Designs Book 1)


How far would you go to hold on to forever?


Martina Jackson spent the last two years running from her past. Through the practice of Holistic Medicine she has meticulously transformed into a self-fulfilled woman, with one tiny exception…hot, steamy sex with no strings.

While she waits for the job offer of a lifetime, why not quench her sexual desires with an eager man willing to push her to the limit? What she doesn’t plan for is, the fling is exactly what she’s been running from.

Rob Taylor has been waiting his whole life to find the woman he can call forever. He didn’t expect to find her in his parents' living room wearing nothing but white lace and stockings. When he overhears her discussing her secret sexual fantasies, Rob decides to give her what she’s been missing.

As they play out each fantasy he connects with Martina on a deeper level, confirming what he knew the very first moment he heard her voice…that she is the one he’s been waiting for.

Content warning; explicit sex, ménage and the use of Holistic Medicine as foreplay.

Excerpt:

Rob entered his parents’ front foyer with his best friend trailing behind. He was about to turn the corner when a tiny voice drifted from the living room.

“Hot, steamy sex with no strings.”

He stopped short. Aleks bumped into him from behind.

“Dude, what the…”

Rob brought his finger up to his lips, his eyes motioning to the other room where giggles and screams filled the air.

“Didn’t peg her as the slutty type, did you?” That was Amie talking.

“It’s not slutty.” Rob heard his sister Carrie come to the defense of an unidentified woman. That was a relief. Walking in to hear his sister talk about casual sex would not be the best welcome.

He heard Carrie continue. “What exactly does this hot and steamy affair entail?”

“I was never popular with the boys,” the sultry voice explained. “In high school I was quiet. In university other things took precedence and so here I am. I’m creeping up on thirty years old, and I have never been with two men at once.”

Aleks grabbed his chest. “This is the girl of my dreams. Who is she?”

“I don’t know.” Rob pumped his hand up and down trying to get Aleks to stop talking. It wasn’t every day that you walked in on a woman saying she wanted to be with two men.

“Martina, that doesn’t mean your life is lacking. I haven’t been with two men.” Rob cringed. He shouldn’t be listening to his sister talk about sex.

“I’m sorry, Carrie, I didn’t mean it that way. I just... I just want to know what it’s like. I want to know what it feels like to have a man take charge.”

“You want a little bondage play?” Leave it to Amie to get into the kinky stuff.

“Not that serious but maybe. Tie me up, bend me over, and make me your slave.”

Rob’s jeans got tighter by the second. Aleks was practically piggy-backed against his body in order to better hear the conversation, and Rob swore he felt…

He turned around quickly. “Keep your johnson away from me.”

“Oh. My bad.” Aleks backed away. “This is so hot. Are you hearing this?”

“Of course I can hear. Maybe we shouldn’t listen anymore.”

“Are you kidding?” Aleks motioned to Rob’s very noticeable bulge. “You’re just as turned on as me.”

“Enough!” Rob turned around, slightly embarrassed. “No more penis talk. Just keep your thing away from my body.”

“Believe me, I’d rather be listening to that girl. I do not want to talk about your boys.”

They both turned back to catch the rest of the conversation.

“I’ve had sex before but not good sex.” Rob felt her--Martina’s--voice deep in his gut. “I’ve never had a man be there...for me. Make my pleasure number one. I’ve never had a man take charge, catch me off guard. You know...a throw down.”

“Throw down?” Rob heard his sister interrupt.

“Yeah. When it’s passionate, intense, rip your clothes off, can’t have enough of you, I want you right here, right now,” Amie rambled. “The best kind of sex.”

“You would know, wouldn’t you?” Rob could hear the sarcasm in his sister’s voice. He always hoped Carrie was naive when it came to sex, but with a friend like Amie, not a chance.

“Shut it, Care.” Rob heard the clinking of ice in a glass as Amie asked, “How are you going to go about getting this sex, Marty?”

“I don’t know, but I’m sure there’s some guy out there willing to make my fantasies come true.”

Rob turned to Aleks, unsure of what to say.

“That man is you.”

 Now I really need to get this book. Great tease excerpt.

Gina is going to give one lucky winner her Bare Naked Designs series ( Forever in Lingerie, Temptation in Lingerie and Bound in Lingerie)  

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