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Picture Perfect

9/7/2014

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I'm delighted to announce a new release from one of my very talented writing buddies: Nikki Dee Houston. As I've dabbled in art and drawing often, reading this story as it developed has been a wonderful journey for me as much as Nikki. I'm sure you'll enjoy this artistic romp.
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Chelsea is lonely, loveless, and horny as hell since her boyfriend dumped her.

Her good friend from the office, Troy, suggests she take up art classes in the hope of meeting a nice guy. He knows what she needs, and he doesn’t want to spoil their friendship by having to do it himself.

Stuart, the male nude model at life drawing classes has the perfect body. Chelsea can barely contain her desire as she studies his smooth, waxed, muscle-toned physique and then attempts to commit it to canvas. She acquaints herself with every gorgeous inch of his body, and although her skills as an artist fall a bit short, the vision of
Stuart’s torso is wonderful fodder for her nocturnal fantasies. She feeds sumptuously, sating her ravishing hunger, quelling her desires. But it’s not enough. She needs more. She needs the real thing, not just her fantasies.
I don't know about you, but I'm sure I couldn't draw a sexy naked man without blushing.  This book is fun. Hot sexy fun. Loved it.
Contact Nikki

www.nikkideehouston.com

https://www.facebook.com/NikkiDeeHouston84

@NikkiDeeHouston
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Here's a sneak peak
The sound of charcoal rasping across paper in long flurries of aquiline strokes, brought her back to the head space where she should, by now, have at least drawn the rough outline of Peter’s body. Instead, she glanced down at her blank page. She gripped the charcoal and touched it to the paper.
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Snap! The crack of the broken stick echoed in the quiet studio. Now flustered, she took up another stick, drew a deep breath, and began to draw.

With effort, she calmed down, allowing the image on the page to emerge. Graceful, flowing lines merged with delicate curves. Using her finger, she smudged the shading until the muscles took on the appearance of flesh and blood. The elegant arch of his calves came to life as she skillfully guided the tip of the charcoal along the paper. Powerful shoulders materialized, the perfectly drawn muscles showing beauty and smoothness of form.

Bio

Nikki Dee Houston is a businesswoman by day, an erotic romance writer by night, and a lover all the time. She lives in an idyllic location in a modest beach shack near the sea.

Nikki loves to write Erotic Fiction - the ‘behind closed doors’ stuff, where the readers can really get involved with the characters in an intimate way. 

She believes that a good Erotic Romance story must have a strong romantic element, engaging characters, an interesting storyline, and some sizzling hot, steamy sex scenes. Nikki never underestimates the expectations of erotic romance readers and ensures she delivers on all counts.


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Hunky Hero - In Safe Arms

1/2/2014

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In Safe Arms
By Lee Christine

Nate Hunter is a detective with the Sydney Gang Squad. Tall, dark and handsome, he’s naturally athletic, buff in an unpumped kind of way—and he’s deep undercover with a Sydney bikie gang. Patient, strategic and with an innate sense of justice, he’s determined to  protect the community, get the drugs off the street and bring down the
‘overseer’, the Mr. Big of Sydney’s underworld. With the club name ‘Bolt’, Nate poses as a mechanic by day and lock picker by night, while covertly gathering information about the bikies’ money laundering activities, and the man behind it all.

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When the world believes you dead, who do you turn to?
 
Amidst the escalating violence of Sydney's underworld, legal secretary, Josephine Valenti,
witnesses the murder of a notorious bikie president on Skype. With her safety compromised, Josie flees, only to be kidnapped by Nate Hunter, a bikie, a man radically changed from the one she lusted after two years ago.
 
Drawn deeper into a conflict of warring bikies, drugs, money laundering and prostitution, Josie is forced to make choices she could never have imagined. Enveloped in a cauldron of corruption, she fights for survival, for the truth, and ultimately for the man who still has hold of her heart.

“In Safe Arms” is the second novel in Lee Christine’s Grace and Poole Lawyers series.

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www.leechristine.com.au
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Hunky Hero: My Brother-But-One

12/5/2013

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My Brother-But-One
By T.M. Clark

2 hunky hero’s for the price of 1...
Scott is a typical white Southern-African protective male, tall, dark haired and is pure blue-eyed sex appeal. His muscle honed tight by the work on his ranch, and tanned brown by the African sun. Oh so alpha male. Protector of everything he owns on his private game reserve, including the people who live on his land. Women-shy Scott knows what he is doing in the veld, and can track the smallest brown mouse to the largest elephant.  

Trying to keep abreast of a changing political climate, Scott tries hard not to fall in love with Ashley, but life has another plan for him where his heart is concerned…

Zol is black and beautiful. He is the slightly older, strongest best friend Scott could ever ask for, the
one who walks beside him and doesn’t let him down. Zol has been with the Decker family since before Scott was born, so he considers Scott family… and he will do whatever necessary to protect that family. Rugged and wise beyond his years, Zol’s natural affinity for the African bush has been tested through out his life, his years as a child soldier, his years in the Rhodesia Bush war, and lately, just trying to keep the animals and people on his ranch safe. 
 
Together, these two hunky hero’s fight for the people they love, and for the African animals they try to
keep from annihilation and extinction.

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Scott Decker and Zol Ndhlovu are partners in a private game ranch in Zimbabwe. They have a friendship borne from Africa — a brotherhood that endures the generation gap — and crosses the colour barrier.
 
Australian Ashley Twine is a thirty-something dynamic achiever and a confident businesswoman. When a gender mix-up secures her a position on a volunteer program in the Hwange National Park, Ashley gets a chance to take stock of her life and reassess her situation. But the chauvinistic Scott — who runs the operation — is adamant she isn’t cut out for the job.
 
After Ashley witnesses firsthand the devastation left behind by poachers, Scott finds himself torn between wanting to protect Ashley or force her to leave Africa for her own safety…and his sanity. However, nothing can prepare her for being ambushed and held captive by the psychopathic Rodney — an old enemy of Zol’s — from a war fought years ago. But now that their world has been threatened,
circumstances take hold of their lives and begin to shape and change them forever.

Set against a magnificent backdrop of Africa across the decades, T.M. Clark explores and challenges the traditions between the white and black families of rural Africa.

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Hunky Hero - This Forever Game

11/28/2013

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This Forever Game
by Darry Fraser

Jarrad Scott is looking for someone to fire his blood, someone he instantly knows will be his Forever woman. 
 
He’s young, ambitious, and country. He has a sense of self that no difference of opinion is going to change. He knows who he is, he knows what he wants and he knows he got time to get it.

He’s physically strong. Men like him, women like him – and he likes women - and he’s not afraid to oppose the way some men treat women. He loves romance, love closeness, and fires burning at the home hearth. He loves kids, and he wants his own.

And that might be his only problem with this Forever woman.

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Meg Donovan is the proprietor of a B&B along with her husband, Martin, but their relationship is – as far as Meg’s concerned – dead. Into her life walks, or rather strides ... bounds ... leaps Jarrad
Scott, a younger man who bursts on to the scene with a fire in his belly and a big love in his heart. No big deal that you're older - that's not gonna stop him - but he’s got no kids ... so what do you do if the clock’s ticking and it’s not your clock?

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Hunky Hero - Money for Blood

11/9/2013

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Money for Blood
By Darry Fraser

Joseph is still a country boy at heart, though one
with multi millions of dollars now under his belt. Returning to Australis Island trying to find the solace in home, he only sees sadness and strife and he questions the wisdom of his decision. He has compassion and empathy for those closest to him and when he needs something from the woman he has set his sights
on, he is determined to succeed. He doesn’t need the money he’s won – it can’t do much more for him than he’d already done anyway – and she has made it clear
it’s the last thing she wants from him.

He’s generous, he’s strong physically and emotionally, comfortable in himself and in his relationships with others. He has maintained the ‘boy from the bush’ persona which surfaces in the pub, or with  his brother, or rescuing damsels in distress. His is a presence which quietly commands attention, and his vulnerability is as attractive as is his handsome
face, his big body and the dark-eyed captivating gaze.  

He knows when to retreat, and when to advance and pursue at a later time. He protects those who are loved by him and even those who don’t know they are loved by him. But don’t mess with him.

 (Of course he is complete fantasy on his creator’s part, but she is totally in love with him, too)

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Joseph McInerney returns to his place of birth. He's a self made business man who just happened to win a large amount of money to add to his woes.

There doesn't seem to be an awful lot more to do - he's a little aimless. His sibling's family are all he has left and they're not exactly ... altogether.  Money can't seem to help that situation and so he feels
 there's nothing to strive for until he sees Cloudy Bannon in the local grocery store, someone from his distant past.
 
She has built her life here, made it work for her. Unfortunately Cloudy has her own demons to tackle and having anything to do with Joseph would only complicate things even more for her. It just isn't going to work.

Throw in a lively, determined cousin of Cloudy's, spectacular countryside, the need to grow and rise above the difficulties and the discomforts, unexplained deaths and lots of wine and ... well, welcome to Australis Island and Money For Blood.

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Hunky Hero - Rescued: A Festive Novella

10/31/2013

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Rescued: A Festive Novella
By J'aimee Brooker

I don't know if it's the beaming hot sun rays, the always interesting people-watching, that intoxicating summery smell of sunblock, or the respite of the cooling waves as I swim out
past the breakers that entices me most about the beach. 
 
Maybe it's a combination of all those things. 

All I know is, for me, summer just isn't summer until the red and yellow flags are hoisted up and those gorgeous tanned lifeguards hit the sand. 
 
Growing up in Australia, it's hard to look past those iconic red Speedo's without harbouring some kind of lifeguard fantasy (surely I'm not the only one!) and Jack Covey, the Bondi  lifeguard in my latest novella,
Rescued: A Festive Novella is, in my mind, the perfect hunky hero!

Tall, incredibly well built, with gorgeous deep brown eyes that you could easily drown in (lucky he's a lifeguard!), keen and finely tuned instincts and with the courage to save lives on Australia's most iconic and busiest beach, Jack Covey is certainly one of Bondi's finest.

When Anya and Sophie prove to be a distraction too good to refuse, Jack's skills in and out of the water are put to the test—and you can be assured this is a challenge Jack won't refuse!

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Two gorgeous girls 
A knight in shining speedos 
One red-hot Australian Christmas!
 

Set against the glorious backdrop of Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach comes the story of childhood friends Anya Thompson and Sophie Anders and their brush with one of Bondi’s finest—lifeguard Jack Covey. 

As a lifeguard, Jack’s instincts are finely tuned. He’s spent his career watching for danger and avoiding distractions but when the gorgeous Anya Thompson catches his eye, he can’t help but be intrigued by Anya and her modest and reserved manner. 

Anya’s lost more than her Christmas cheer, but will one steamy night with her best friend and the deliciously handsome Jack be just the thing to restart her shattered heart?

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Hunky Hero - Holding Out For A Hero

10/24/2013

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Holding Out For A Hero
By Amy Andrews

Jake Prince, ex-footy star, is living an awesome life, thank you very much. He’s running a bar, drinking coronas and signing female body parts. He’s living in Margaritaville where it’s always five o’clock. But what I like about Jake, what I think sets him apart, is his innate sense of justice. Yep, driven by demons he doesn’t even recognise, he’s a sucker for an underdog and a lost cause even when he doesn’t want to be. From taking a street kid under his wing, to finding a home for a mangy stray, to taking on the coach position of Ella’s rag-tag football team, to mentoring her younger disaffected brother – Jake has an honourable streak a mile wide
. 
 
He also looks pretty damn fine in a pair of blue jeans!

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When sensible schoolteacher Ella Lucas rides into her home town on a Harley and seduces the resident football hero, Jake Prince, she figures she can be forgiven and move on. After all, she’s just buried her mother.

Two years later, back in the city, their paths cross again but this time Jake is in the process of destroying her favourite dive bar. With her home facing a
wrecker’s ball, her school being closed down and her 15-year-old brother hell
bent on self-destruction, it’s the last straw. Throw in a dominatrix best friend
who is dating a blue ribbon guy so straight he still lives at home with his
mother, it’s no wonder the sanest person in Ella’s life is a dog.

With all this to contend with, the last thing Ella needs is Jake back in her life.
But, as fate would have it, Jake is the only chance she has to save her
school.

As the school football season heats up, old secrets threaten to surface and Ella takes on greedy developers, school boards and national tabloids. But can she save not just her home, her school and her brother, but also the reputation of the man she’s never been able to forget? And, more importantly, does she want to?

Holding Out for a Hero is a quirky, heartwarming tale of unlikely romance, friendship and family.

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Hunky Hero - Blind Attraction

10/11/2013

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Blind Attraction
by Eden Summers

Mitchell Davies is a mass of contradictions. He’s most confident on stage, in front of thousands of fans, yet get him in an intimate setting like a radio or television interview and he’ll say the most inappropriate things. It drives his manager wild…and not in a sexy, I wanna jump your bones kind of way.
Like most famous rock stars, Mitch loves female attention. His ego is large enough to fill a stadium, yet when he meets ‘the one’ he starts to doubt himself.Maybe he isn’t that suave. Maybe he isn’t the superbly sexy man he always
thought he  was.
Alana Shelton blows him away with her innocence. She’s beautiful, fragile and so different from the women he normally sleeps with that she might just bring him to his knees.

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He can seduce with a single glance. 
Peering down at a sea of fans, rock star, Mitchell Davies can’t deny the innocent beauty of a woman in the front row. He’ll stop at nothing to get to know her. When a public altercation leaves her weak and defenseless, he takes the opportunity to be her savior.

She’s been sheltered from the world. 
Alana Shelton wants to spread her wings and experience life away from her restrictive upbringing. But she isn’t prepared for a gorgeous stranger to sweep her off her feet while at her most vulnerable.

Attraction will bring them together, but their pasts will try to tear them apart.
He wants to teach her how to trust, but she’ll show him how to love. In a glamorous world of rock-and-roll, only time will tell if they’re up for the challenge.
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Hunky Hero - The House on Burra Burra Lane

9/26/2013

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The House on Burra Burra Lane
by Jennie Jones

Dr Ethan Granger is a little reserved so I’m going to talk about him behind his back. Swallow’s Fall in The House on Burra Burra Lane is his home town and he’s the vet. He’s thirty-four years old. He’s 6’ 5” (for those using metric only - that’s tall). He has sandy, wind-swept hair (he puts a comb through it every morning but he’s outdoors every day, so he just looks - you know – manly and adventuresome all the time).
He doesn’t need much for his own comforts (or so he thinks). His days are filled with his veterinarian practice, six rescue horses in his field, a near-new utility truck which he’s very fond of and a few carpentry jobs he’d like to focus on. Yes, he’s a builder and carpenter in his spare time so you can imagine the strength he has in his shoulders (and at that height he’d look a little odd without broad shoulders, wouldn’t you agree?). 
 
Does he consider himself heroic? He said, “No. Not at all.” But there was a masculine blush on his tanned face as he answered because Swallow’s Fall newcomer, city-girl Sammy Walker was standing at his side, so I’m thinking he’s amenable to one woman thinking him heroic.

However, there were problems in his past, and the possible consequences of those and the attraction he feels to the city-girl have put him in the unsure position of not knowing what’s going to happen next. Or how he’ll cope.
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A dilapidated house, a city girl looking for a tree change, and a rugged vet with a past. Just another day in rural Australia…  

Just ten days after her fresh start in the isolated Snowy Mountains, Samantha Walker
trips over a three hundred pound pig and lands in the arms of Dr. Ethan Granger
— and the firing line for gossip. It was hardly a ‘date’ but sparks of the sensual kind are difficult to smother in a community of only 87 people. Now there’s a bet running on how long she’ll stay and what she’ll get up to while she’s in town.

Ethan has his own issues — Sammy’s presence in his childhood home brings with it painful recollections of family scandals and a bad‐boy youth. When the gossip around them heightens, his life is suddenly a deck of cards spread on the table for all to see. Then Sammy's past catches up with her... and it looks like all bets are off.

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Have you ever hated your boss?

9/19/2013

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I had a boss I hated once. 
But I loved my job and was determined to shut out her unfounded  angst  towards me. 
I only worked there for eight months but during the last few months I spent my spare time dreaming up things that would ruin her day.

The writer in me, took over. Killing her off would’ve been too nice so I dreamed up things that would’ve sent her crazy if they actually  happened.
 I also imagined reasons why she was so horrible. I gave her tragic moments in her life that shaped her and to some degree justified her despicable behavior. Of course I don’t think she had any excuses, she was just a nasty piece of work.

But now, as I reflect on those last six months of working hell, I realize that I’m lucky. Because without that experience I would never have created Abigail Mulholland, the heroine in my book:  Lost in Kakadu. Abigail is a rich pretentious bitch who survives a small plane crash in Australia’s rugged wilderness. Learning to live in such a brutal environment takes Abigail to shattering point.

But as the weeks thread into months her Botox fades, her makeup runs out and the physical labor shapes her body into a lean sensual figure that she's proud of. As she gathers the pieces of her sanity she discovers a new woman within her who's not afraid to wield an axe or eat snails in order to survive. The pompous façade disappears and a strong, passionate and resourceful woman emerges with a wicked sense of humor and a fierce determination to live.
         
I love this character, she has incredible depth and I hope my readers enjoy and feel her personal growth too. And unlike the real woman who inspired my character, I love who Abigail becomes. Authors get the best revenge... don't you think?

So… have you ever hated your boss? 
Now that you know what inspired my character, I would love to know your thoughts on Abigail Mulholland in Lost in Kakadu.

Lost in Kakadu -
"A thrilling, captivating, deep, adventurous and memorable read"
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Crashing into an ancient Australian wilderness is pretentious socialite Abigail Mulholland’s worst nightmare. She survives the accident with two complete strangers, however things go from bad to downright hellish when rescuers never come. As she battles to live in an environment that’s as brutal as it is beautiful, Abigail finds herself also fighting her unlikely
attraction to Mackenzie--a much younger man. A man she’s willing to change for.

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Hunky Hero - The Lies We Tell

9/12/2013

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The Lies We Tell
By Elizabeth Dunk

What makes Todd a hero in my eyes is not his willingness to accept he was wrong about Sia and make amends; not his desire to take care of Sia and her family; nor his acceptance of and support for gay men (although the latter almost wins). No, what makes Todd a hero for me is the efforts he’ll go to to make Sia’s sexual fantasies come true.
When Todd meets Sia, his thoughts about her are influenced by his belief she was responsible for the events that led to his father’s untimely death. Once he realises that isn’t true, his thoughts are then influenced by Sia’s very playful sexuality,  something he’s more than willing to go along with.
In their first sexual encounter, Sia is very open about the things that turn her on and in the course of the book, Todd makes sure every one of those fantasies comes true. It doesn’t
go all the one way – Sia does her bit for Todd too. But at the end of the book, it’s Sia’s list that’s been fulfilled. Although I daresay Sia won’t waste her time finishing Todd’s list for
him.

Regardless of what you want from your sex life, the ultimate aphrodisiac is a man who wants to give you that. That’s why Todd Lansing is such a hunky hero.

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Ten years ago, Todd Lansing stood over his father’s grave, his heart thumping out curses on Sia Collins for causing his death. When he returns to Oberon and sees Sia again, his heart
thumps with a different emotion, one he fights with all the anger he still feels. 

Sia didn’t commit the break-in that ended up killing Mr Lansing, but to admit that would send her father to jail. She has rebuilt her life in the small town, atoned for her accused crime, and carved out a niche using her talent with paint to reach out to the community, raise funds, and support her family. 

When Todd finds out the truth, he can’t understand why Sia won’t speak out and clear her
  name, and it threatens to tear them apart. With her relationship with Todd on the line, will Sia choose loyalty or love?

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Hunky Hero - Detained

9/5/2013

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Detained by Ainslie Paton
Will Parker isn’t your typical billionaire businessman. 
He’s a small town boy.  So small it’s barely on any map.  He has a broken nose, a much scarred body, an enormous picture tattoo on his back.  He did badly in school.  He didn’t learn to read until he was a teenager, but he speaks the local Shanghai dialect like a backstreet
hawker.  
He prefers the shadows, eschews the limelight, specialises in exerting the kind of control you don’t see coming. He’s a gambler, focused, determined, ruthless.  He avoids relationships but had a devoted mistress.
He wasn’t born Will Parker.  It’s a surname that was chosen for him—a rebirth, a chance to make something of himself, something unexpected out of a horror childhood. 

He’s not all hard edges.  He can be charming, funny, urbane.  He likes the world’s most
expensive Scotch Whiskey and he wears a tux like a second skin. He’s comfortable with the wealth he’s made and generous with it.  But he’s equally happy in old jeans, a battered hat and worn boots.

He’s a phantom, an enigma and a temptation and under it all a fighter.

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A romance about manipulation, truth and facing the past.
Truth can make you and break you. But can it glue you back together again?

Detained in a cold, dull room in the depths of Shanghai airport, a journalist chasing a career break and a businessman with a shadowy past, play a game of truth or dare—deliberately not exchanging names.

They tell each other painful secrets and hot desires. One dare leads to a kiss and a wild weekend of illicit passion, setting off a dangerous sequence of events and bringing exposure, and disgrace.

Only the brutal truth can save them. But it will also rip them apart. And it will take more than daring before they have a chance to build a new truth together.

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Author Links:
www.ainsliepaton.com.au
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Hunky Hero - Hearts on Hold

8/29/2013

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Hearts on Hold
by Gracie MacGregor

Professor Brandon Blackshaw is a “mystorian” – a solver of historical mysteries – although the biggest mystery in his life right now is the intriguing, secretive, prickly Cate Boyd.

Brandon’s the gangly nerd who grew into a chick magnet rather than a mad-professor type. Fortunately, his ego has never quite caught up with his newfound sex appeal, and women have long taken second-place to his fascination with his work and his aspiration to become Cambridge University’s youngest-ever history chair. Until now.
When Brandon finds himself indebted to Cate, sleeping on the couch in her lounge room and helping her in her campaign to save her island village community from rampant development, his ambitions start to blur. 
 
Problem is, the monolithic multinational that funds his university research turns out to be the same company threatening Cate’s home. 
 
She had big trust issues already; finding out he’s working for the enemy doesn’t endear Brandon to Cate, although the attraction between them sizzles in the Mediterranean heat. They need each other, in more ways than one, but love? That’s something Cate’s not
prepared to allow in her life again, and Brandon has a fight on his hands to persuade her otherwise.

And when he discovers the horrifying secrets in Cate’s past as well as the very real dangers in her future, Brandon has to make some tough choices: the career pinnacle he’s worked for his whole life, or the woman who teaches him there other things worth fighting for.

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Emotional, suspenseful and set in paradise, Hearts on Hold is a novel for fans of Nora
Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz.


The strongest sunshine casts the darkest shadows...

Cate Boyd is searching for a place where nobody knows her name. The sleepy Maltese village of Xlendi offers privacy, anonymity, and the serene life she craves, far from her former world. But her peace is shattered when monolithic development company Vena announces its plans to level her village, and threatens to expose Cate’s secrets if she stands in its way.

The arrival of seductive, nosy professor Brandon Blackshaw seems too coincidental for comfort — especially when she discovers that Vena is his research partner. As the pressure mounts, Cate must decide which is more important: her hard-won privacy, or the future of her
beloved Xlendi.

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Hunky Hero - The Last Gladiatrix

8/15/2013

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The Last Gladiatrix
by Eva Scott

Titus is a Roman Centurion, hardened by years of campaigning.  His body is honed and scarred.  He has a still, watchfulness about him, a contained quality which makes you want to get under his skin and find out what’s going on.  He’s decisive – he knows exactly what he wants and he’s not afraid to take it. After meeting Xanthe, our heroine, he doesn’t question the sexual attraction he feels for her, giving himself over to the lust arcing between them.  Yet its not all about the sex. 
Titus doesn’t abandon Xanthe to her fate instead he does what he can to save her. He smoulders in his intensity making him compelling. When it comes down to the fight you want this man in your corner and afterward you’ll want this sweaty, hunk of man in your  bed.
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Captured and enslaved by a Roman legion, Xanthe never expects to end up training for the Coliseum floor, but every night after the day’s march, she is put through her paces by a Roman solider who challenges her, tests her, and excites her.

Titus is drawn to Xanthe, her fire and her spirit, so he breaks one of his rules and brings notice on himself, offering to train her as a gladiatrix to spare her a courtesan’s role. But training her, working with her, soon becomes too much. Titus knows the penalty for taking property that
does not belong to him, but how long can he resist?

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Hunky Hero - King Hall

8/9/2013

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King Hall by Scarlett Dawn
Unique…that is a special word. Even more uncommon in a romance novel is King Hall has more than one hero. Even more than two. More than a handful. “Unique”, yes? I will try to narrow it down though. To two special heroes.
First, there’s Jack Collins.
Jack is the type of man who sneaks up on you and crawls into your heart without you noticing until it’s a punch in the gut if he’s in danger. His wit and humor and devotion rival the highest of men, and he’s cocky enough to let you know it. 
Born a water Elemental, and discovered as the next in line for the Elemental throne, his influence over others definitely comes in handy. Not to mention his “little” water Elemental power is kick ass.
Next, there’s Ezra Zeller.
Ezra is his own man. Unapologetic. Ruthless. This mysterious man knows exactly what he wants and isn’t afraid to make it happen any way he knows how – even by illegal means. He
was born a Vampire, and as a toddler was discovered as the next in line for the Vampire throne, also giving him massive amounts of superior sway. His beating heart holds his deepest secrets and his Core holds his magic, two deadly qualities for any woman.

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A fresh, meaty, sink-your-teeth-in-and-hold-on-tight new adult fantasy series kicks off with
King Hall…

King Hall — where the Mysticals go to learn their craft, get their degrees, and transition into adulthood. And where four new Rulers will rise and meet their destinies.
 
Lily Ruckler is adept at one thing:  survival.  Born a Mystical hybrid, her mere existence
is forbidden, but her nightmare is only about to start. Fluke, happenstance, and a deep personal loss finds Lily deeply entrenched with those who would destroy her simply for existing — The Mystical Kings.  Being named future Queen of the Shifters shoves Lily into the spotlight, making her one of the most visible Mysticals in the world. But with risk comes a certain solace — her burgeoning friendships with the other three Prodigies: a wicked Vampire, a wild-child Mage, and a playboy Elemental. Backed by their faith and trust, Lily begins to relax into her new life.
 
Then chaos erupts as the fragile peace between Commoners and Mysticals is broken, and suddenly Lily realizes the greatest threat was never from within, and her fear takes on a new name: the Revolution. 

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