by Delilah Marvelle!

Mistress of Pleasure Book 1 - N.O.R's Best Historical Romance of the Year award and RT Reviewer's Choice Award Nominee

"What a spectacular debut novel!" ~AEMELIA, NIGHT OWL ROMANCE, 5 out of 5 hearts



On Aug 4th my dear friend Delilah Marvelle's second book will be coming out = LORD OF PLEASURE. This is the second book in the School of Gallantry series. The first book MISTRESS OF PLEASURE got many great reviews and won contests. Including N.O.R's Best Historical Romance of the Year award and was a RT Reviewer's Choice Award Nominee.

MISTRESS OF PLEASURE has sold out its first run. Very good news for us all, but Kensington is citing that they are going to discontinue the series for lack of sales. Your probably going huhhhhh right now. How can something that's sold out be discontinued for lack of sales? Well I'm not sure...but I'm very sure I want this series to fully be published.

So let us readers speak. Let the publishing world know that we want this series to continue. We don't want to be left in the dark. We want more sensual lessons from the School of Gallantry.

To support our cause please PRE-ORDER LORD OF PLEASURE by DELILAH MARVELLE. In the fun of things Delilah is also giving away 3 - $50 Gift Cards via her website. To find out how you can enter visit: Delilah Marvelle

Pre-Order now via these links (and great news, it's only $4.99!):

B&N

Amazon

Katy Budget Books - Indie Store

Powell's

STOLEN HEAT , which releases July 28, 2009, got a fabulous 4 star review from RTBOOKReviews!!!

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Exciting, action-packed and fast moving, this story seamlessly alternates from the present to the past. A first-rate mystery, it has well-developed characters and a suspenseful and satisfying climax. A fine romantic thread winds through it all.

Summary: Katherine Meyer supposedly died six years ago in a car bombing in Egypt. To stay alive, she must stay "dead" to all from her past. But she risks it all to break into an auction house and recover an old artifact that hides secrets some would kill for. She doesn't get away clean, though -- she is recognized by the bad guys and her former lover, the man who deceived her, Peter Kauffman. When the killers come after Peter, Kat saves him, and the two go on the run. Together, they try to figure out who wants to kill her and what truths they don't want exposed. (LOVE SPELL, Aug., 352 pp., $7.99) HOT
—Susan Mobley, RTBOOKReviews

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And if you happen to check out RTBOOKReviews, this month, don't miss the Clubhouse article about me and the book!

Well, it's Sunday and I'm just checking in for a few minutes to say thanks to everyone who sent me well-wishes, prayers and positive vibes when I was in the hospital. Two weeks was way too long for me to be gone and I'm so, SO happy to be home you have no idea.

Now of course, if those two weeks had been in Hawaii, that might be a different story...

Happy reading and writing to all. I'm so glad to be back!

A missing bronze holds the key to a decade’s-old murder. To prove her innocence, she’ll have to partner up with the sexy homicide detective who has the power to steal more than her freedom—if she’s not careful, he may just steal her heart…

JANUARY 2010

I finally picked one from STOLEN HEAT. For those of you who aren't aware, STOLEN HEAT releases July 28, 2009. This is a reunion story, and in the middle of this fight scene is the first time the hero has seen the heroine in six years.

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Her feet skidded on the icy sidewalk. She nearly lost her balance twice before she reached the entrance to the dark alley.

Where her mouth fell open.

If she’d thought Pete needed protecting, she’d been wrong. He had Busir pinned against the side of the brick building and was easily in complete control of the situation.

Blood trickled down his temple. Redness and the beginnings of what looked to be a nasty bruise were forming near his eye. But what stopped her cold was the look of pure malevolence in his eyes as he stared into the face of a killer.

This was the side of him she hadn’t known. The side that turned a blind eye to what was right, negotiated deals on the shady side and stayed one step ahead of the law along the way. It was also the side that contracted with rapists and murderers and men who would do what ever it took to get what they wanted.

No.

She didn’t realize she’d spoken the word out loud until Pete’s head whipped her way.

Surprise and confusion raced across his bruised features. “What the hell?”

Busir used that moment to take the upper hand. He lifted his arm, and with a move Kat barely tracked, plunged a hypodermic needle into Pete’s neck.

Pete hollered, jerked his attention back to Busir. His eyes flared. He reached up, pulled the needle from his neck and stared at it. In the split second of Pete’s confusion, Busir shifted out from the wall and plowed his fist into the side of Pete’s face. Pete hit the wall, ricocheted off. Then lunged at Busir, taking them both down to the ground hard.

Kat screeched and jumped back as the two grappled. Fists flew, and bodies smacked the hard concrete. She knew she needed to do something, but she was too stunned to do more than stare, especially because Pete was handling his own and beating the crap out of Busir.

Until, that is, he threw a punch that missed its mark by a foot. And another. And another.

Oh, God. That needle had to have hit an artery or a vein. He was fading fast and losing what ever advantage he’d just gained.

Blood and sweat dripped down Busir’s face. When Pete blinked and gave his head a swift shake, Busir wriggled out from under him and pushed to his feet. Back to her, looking down at Pete who was fi ghting to stand himself, Busir let out a low chuckle. One Kat had heard years before and would never forget. It was all she needed to shock her right back to reality.

She charged before she could change her mind and hit Busir hard in the back with the stun gun. He jolted, screamed, whipped around. And she hit him again dead in the chest without even a second thought.

She gritted her teeth and held on to the stun gun. Even as his coal-black eyes focused on her. His body jerked and seized. His eyes rolled back in his head, and then he fell to his knees, finally slumping forward on the ground where he continued to twitch as electrical impulses flickered through his body.

Slick with sweat and breathing heavy, she stared down at what she’d done for the second time tonight. Not an inkling of remorse rushed through her. At that moment, she understood how men could kill. He deserved that and so much more for what he’d done to Sawil. To Shannon. To her.

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Today I'm over at Cynthia Eden's blog talking about demons....specifically the daemons in my new paranormal series. Stop by and comment for a chance to win a book and a very cool piece of jewelry!

Fun Contest!

Cynthia Eden's launching her new 30 Days of Demons Contest today. Hop over to her blog for the deets. And FYI...I'll be there on Thurs. 6/4/09 talking about the demons in my new paranormal series, so stop on by and leave me a comment! There will be prizes!