WELCOME A. Jacob Sweeney Guest Post and Giveaway

NO, THERE ARE NO VAMPIRES IN PULSE OF HEROES

When I first wrote Pulse Of Heroes, my goal was to write something that came straight from my heart. I knew that I was aiming for a young adult readership, because the person that inspired me to sit down and write was my seventeen year old cousin. She loves to read and told me that she wanted more than what was out there, something different, something deep that would sweep her away. I remember specifically asking her what it was that she liked and didn’t like in the books she was reading and being a huge Twilight fan, she told me that she wanted to feel passionate about a book the way she felt for Twilight, but that the others she picked up after, fell short in making her fall in love. She said that they felt rushed and repetitive in their plots. She wanted a great love story. Well, having grown up on the classics such as Shakespearean plays, Greek tragedies, Opera, Mythologies from around the world, and books such as The Scarlett Letter, The Thorn Birds, and other such great epic love stories, I knew that in the romance department, I had it pretty much down 

Now, I never read Twilight or any of the other paranormal genre books out there, and I decided that the worse thing for me would be to actually start reading them if I was to write something original.  I definitely didn’t want to write a vampire story. Not that there is anything wrong with vampires, it’s just that personally everywhere I looked, all I saw was dark, brooding, pale-skinned, beautiful for a dead person images, and I wanted something different. I wanted to show that death is not the ultimate goal, but that life is. And there is nothing more trying than dealing with staying alive. I understand the entire lure with the undead, or death, as I went through the same phases as a young adult myself. The feel of not belonging, and that life as I knew it couldn’t possibly give me what I needed, is familiar to many of us. Still, the images of these blood sucking pretties were just coming out of my nose, as I felt as if I was being forced fed them everywhere I looked. I know that there are many great writers out there that write vampire stories and I respect them for their art. For example one of my all time favorite books is Ann Rice’s Interview With A Vampire, and I also love The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova . And of course there is always the classic Bram Stoker’s Dracula. So in no way am I disregarding vampire books. It’s just that I wanted something different.

The Immortals in Pulse Of Heroes are characters that have floated in my mind for many years. I just didn’t have a full plot to involve them in. They are just as sexy, and yes they can be as broody, as any blood sucking creature of the night can be. Why? Well I can only hint that what they have lived through, or still do, is much more trying than finding their next hot blooded meal without being seen by humans. The backdrop of their world is vast and ever changing. Their loves and their sorrows are just as melancholy, if not more so, as certain barriers prohibit them from the true love that they seek and have sought for far too many years. 
The reviews and reaction to Pulse Of Heroes speak for themselves. And here I will share with you a reviewers’ words to give you a sense of what I mean. Thank you for having me.  -A Jacob Sweeny

“But Michelle's mom knew better. She recognized those cries. Those were the pangs of the heart, the kind that only a girl could experience. She also knew that somewhere in between the weeping and the gasping a boy's name hung onto every tear.” --Pulse of Heroes by A. Jacob Sweeny
This quote is just one of the reasons I love this book! Move over Edward and Bella, a new power couple has hit the scene! Michelle and Elliot from Pulse of Heroes by A. Jacob Sweeny will give Stephanie Myer's characters a run for their money! I have read so many books, it takes a lot to knock my socks off; A. Jacob Sweeny did just that! With her original storyline and unforgettable characters she has an award winning series in the making. Who needs vampires and werewolves when we have a whole house full of extremely sexy superheroes! The story is action packed from beginning to end. You will not be bored anytime… that says a lot for a book that is over 500 pages long. It takes one amazing author to connect the reader to the characters in a way that you feel like you are part of the story…
I was shocked and awed by this book and I know anyone that reads it will feel the same way! I can't remember the last time I read a book that held the power to make me cry. It will be a very long time before this story will leave my mind and heart. What I love most about this book is the fact that like in a real relationship Michelle and Elliot's romance is not without its ups and downs. I was so emotionally… I felt everything Michelle felt. When she was happy I was happy for her. When she was embarrassed I was red-faced right along with her. And when she was heartbroken, I was also heartbroken and teary eyed. It takes an amazing author to accomplish such a feat but that's just what Sweeny did... I am so happy I had the chance to read Pulse of Heroes…  A. Jacob Sweeny is on her way to the very top of the young adult best seller list!
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Thanks for coming by - we were glad to host as part of the Romancing Your Dark Side Tour - GIVEAWAY TIME - we are extremely lucky - Sweeney has given one 2012 Pulse of Heroes magnet calendar to a lucky commenter!!! Remember - follow the whole tour at www.vbtcafe.com for a chance to win a kindle offered by BK Walker and Book Reader Addicts.  Follow our page and comment below.  

DAISY HARRIS is here!

WELCOME DAISY HARRIS!!!

Birkenstock-wearing glamour girl and mother of two by immaculate conception, Daisy Harris still isn’t sure if she writes erotica. Her paranormal romances start out innocently enough. However, her characters behave like complete sluts. Much to Miss Harris’s dismay, the sex tends to get completely out of hand.

 If you like science-y subplots, fantastical creatures, and red-hot chemistry, you’ll love Daisy Harris.

website: www.thedaisyharris.com

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LOL Sexy (by Daisy Harris)

I like to write funny, and I like to write about sex. You’d think the two wouldn’t go together—this smexin’ business is, after all, quite a serious matter. However, in my mind there’s nothing hotter than a love scene with a little comic relief. Like a virgin who slurps while giving a blow-job, or a guy who takes his pants down but forgets to shuck his shoes. Actually, I love writing virgins, and not because I have some sort of value placed on “purity,” but because inexperienced folks can be really hilarious.

It’s not just virgins that are funny, though. Sometimes the sex act itself is too amusing to leave alone. I still regret cutting this one scene from my first novella, Mere Temptation. In it, a succubus was giving a man head, and some of his…um…”seed” we shall call it…shoots up her nose.

I cut this tidbit, scared of not being sexy enough. But here’s the thing— I’m constantly reading erotic romances in which heroes blissfully ejaculate down their partners’ throats in a manner that is medically and physically impossible. Okay, maybe it’s “possible,” but for, like, gay men who practice constantly or porn stars who’ve worked on it by swallowing yogurt with a cucumber lodged in their mouths.

Twenty-two year old brides in regency England probably didn’t have this skill. Nor gay men who only fifteen pages ago realized they were gay. Though maybe I shouldn’t speak for gay men as I am not one. Perhaps gay men are born with both a keen fashion sense and a lack of epiglottis.

So yeah, sex can be ridiculous, and romance-novel sex doubly so. But I love romance novels, even with all their impossible and improbable sexual tropes.

It was with a love of the impossible in mind that I wrote my newest release, STUDENSTEIN! (Yes, this title must always be written in all-caps and with an exclamation point at the end.)

In STUDENSTEIN! I created the perfect lover. Pshah, all you other romance novel heroes! None of you can hold a candle to my boy Royce Harden! Royce comes equipped with leather pants; he speaks French, Italian, Klingon and Elvish; his tongue (and other body parts) vibrate! I forgot to build him with epiglottis-inactivating pre-cum, but maybe I’ll out that in the next Love-Bot model I build.

**Wrings hand together maniacally**

Yes, Royce is everything a romance novel hero should be, except that he’s not at all what my heroine wants. And seeing him turned down by the one woman he desires above all others? That was the funniest part of all.

Here’s an excerpt of STUDENSTEIN!

“I’m sure you’re everything your makers built you to be.”

Royce wondered why her compliment seemed backhanded.

“But boy…” She lifted her hand from the bed. Royce thought she might touch him—lay her slender brown fingers on his cheek, or pat his arm at least. Instead, she lowered her fist back to the bedspread. “You are more than that.”

He snickered, trying to throw off some of those sickly feelings invading his thoughts. Fear, self-doubt—those were things he only remembered from his very first days. He never planned to revisit that state again. “What they built was pretty damn awesome.” Royce rolled onto his back, breaking their connection.

“Yeah…” Shani did pat his arm then, and squeezed it right over his biceps. Royce smiled to think she’d been appreciating his muscles. Then he realized how fucking superficial that made him sound.

Whatever “but” she’d been planning, Shani left unsaid. “Hey, can you sleep? ’Cuz I’d like to.” She grabbed a couple of thin blankets from a shelf overhead.

“Yeah.” Royce tucked a hand between his legs. The numbness still felt odd—the sensation thick like Novocain. But the darting nerve pain was gone for the time being. “For a while, at least.”

Shani reached up and flicked off the light. Once it was dark, and they both lay cocooned in their own wrap, she spoke. “If… I mean, when you’re in pain like that again…” She let out a breath that ruffled his hair. In the dark, he saw the outline of her wild hair and her curvy body. “Well, it’s not like I minded. You can ask me…if you like.

He didn’t answer, fearing relief might shake his voice if he said thank you.

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Studenstein (Book two in the Love-Bots series)

A man built for sex… A woman who wants more…

Freedom fighter Shani Brown is determined to drag the ungrateful Royce back to her team in Seattle. Despite his denial of mistreatment, she wants to give him a chance at a better life. Due to her horrific past as an unlicensed love-bot, Shani never plans to have sex again. But Royce’s makers punish him remotely with crippling pain. His only escape is to orgasm. Never one to turn her back on a job, Shani soon finds herself servicing him—and soon after, caring for him.

Love-bot Royce Harden wasn’t looking to be rescued, especially not from the San Francisco BDSM club where he was having a perfectly good time. But rescued he was—by a hellcat bent on delivering him to her people. As Royce starts to trust Shani, he begins to dream of freedom. But freedom comes with a price. Royce must face his vanity, his makers, and even the loss of his sexual upgrades if he’s going to be the man Shani deserves.

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STUDENSTEIN! by Daisy Harris

Studenstein (Book two in the Love-Bots series)

A man built for sex… A woman who wants more…

Freedom fighter Shani Brown is determined to drag the ungrateful Royce back to her team in Seattle. Despite his denial of mistreatment, she wants to give him a chance at a better life. Due to her horrific past as an unlicensed love-bot, Shani never plans to have sex again. But Royce’s makers punish him remotely with crippling pain. His only escape is to orgasm. Never one to turn her back on a job, Shani soon finds herself servicing him—and soon after, caring for him.

Love-bot Royce Harden wasn’t looking to be rescued, especially not from the San Francisco BDSM club where he was having a perfectly good time. But rescued he was—by a hellcat bent on delivering him to her people. As Royce starts to trust Shani, he begins to dream of freedom. But freedom comes with a price. Royce must face his vanity, his makers, and even the loss of his sexual upgrades if he’s going to be the man Shani deserves.

Daisy Harris Visits us TOMORROW - we wanted to get out our review of her book -

This is erotica meets humor - which is exactly what Ms Harris prefers to write.  I thought this book sounded fun and as the erotic scenes mix with some crazy antics, I was captivated.  After you read our post from the author you will understand completely.  

You would think the humor would through off the hot scene, but I tell you now - it's even hotter.  Harris writes intense scenes and we all know not everything goes just Romance perfect in the bedroom all the time!  LOL 

If you are ready for a quick read that leaves you steamy and in a good mood - grab this book!!! 

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Image by Jamie Magee

There is an ominous darkness, one that that is so dense and mind numbing that you can feel the chills race across your skin as the energy of the hatred behind it hovers near you. They thought that it was over…that he was dead….they never imagined that he was more powerful dead than he ever was alive.

A war is on the brink of erupting in the dark dimension of Esterious, the victory Willow had a few days ago was nothing less than vague memory. With each thought she has she fights the images of Drake’s dark eyes, his words… his promises. Doubt seeps into her soul as she stares forward and what could only be the hardest battle she has faced thus far.

Venus is meant to be the planet of love and peace….but when it falls into retrograde its influence changes. Matters of past relationships will surface; choices will be made with the mind and not the heart. Gateways to an evil that cannot be fathomed will open. Willow and Landen’s only defense is to hide their family away, and lock themselves in the palace that was once ruled by Donalt. The energy is heavy and dark within these walls…there is a presence that lingers and strikes at will. Cruel illusions are placed before Willow, but that is not even hardest part…what is hard is standing in room with Drake and Landen and listening to others tell you of lives that you cannot recall…for them to tell when and how you are going to die.
Every prediction and theory is about to be proven wrong…and the choice before Willow’s heart holds the lives of millions at stake. The question is will be she be able to see through the illusions before her and make a choice…she can live with? (courtesy of goodreads)

Book 3 in the Insight Series.


Over the top intensity drives this book!  I LOVED it!  Once I started - it was hard to put it down.  We've been so closely wrapped up in Landen and Willow - all the while - there's DRAKE!  Finally, in a battle to rip the scabs off those wounds and retch your emotions, we have IMAGE.  I love Landen and Willow together, don't want it to end, however, I love DRAKE - I'm not saying to put Willow and Drake together, but this book dives hard into Drake.  Thank you Jamie!!!!   Amazingly the three must figure out their destiny!


I think that Landen is so strong emotionally and Drake is so strongly in tune with his emotions - what's the difference - well Landen is comfortable, he expresses himself, he's at one with Willow.  Drake, well he acts out of emotion not matter if it's misplaced, and still he keeps it together.  I can't explain it!  I love them both!  The private conversations with Drake and Willow in this book - - still giving me the chills - Jamie does it with her books everytime - and that's a good thing.  I'm so right in the middle of the story.  


Jamie doesn't just write, but she knows her astrology and stars - I love that she has done her research - there's so much in this series that shows the level of time it's taken to put together this world.  


MAN!  I just can't get some of the comments Drake made out of my head.  And Dane - oh Dane - well, you just need to read this book!  


Jamie - Well done - XOXOXO - thank you for this one - it's the topped the other two.  I'm so emotionally vested in Landen, Willow and Drake :) ! 


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SCARLETT SCOTT is here - Guest Visit & Giveaway

WELCOME – Scarlett Scott – she writes sexy historical and contemporary romances. She lives with her hero and their adorable but occasionally evil puppy.

Blog:  http://scarscoromance.blogspot.com 

Twitter:  @scarscoromance

Scarlett - - Thanks so much for allowing me to drop in today! I’m thrilled to be here to talk about my new contemporary romance, Reprieve. It’s a story that’s close to my heart. Of course, all my stories have special meaning for me, but this one is a little different. I wrote it during a time when I was trying to find my path the same way Sophie is trying to rediscover who she is in the wake of a life-changing tragedy.

Writing Sophie’s story propelled me through a pretty tough time and I loved every minute of it. In fact, I loved Sophie so much that I didn’t want to leave her world. I’m working on two additional contemporary romance featuring related characters right now.

What makes me tick? Well, I happen to be one of those writers who can’t make up her mind about what she wants to write, so I write everything I can. For now, that means I juggle contemporary with historical romance and mainstream romance with erotica. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a sweeping historical romp and sometimes I’m in the mood for a naughty modern love story. I’ve even been known to try my hand at paranormal romance as well…

But although I like to switch up the genres of books I write, my writing process stays the same. I have a habit of listening to instrumental music when I write. Soundtracks of historical movies are my favorites. At this moment, the Jane Eyre soundtrack is on heavy rotation on my iTunes when I’m working. It’s awesome writing music.

My inspirations come from everywhere—other books, movies, songs, real life events. You name it, I’ve probably found inspiration from it. Coming up with new book ideas is a brain function I can’t seem to turn off. I keep a file on my computer with lists of new book ideas. Usually, I find a new idea I fall for before I get the chance to look through the file, but it’s always there in case I hit a dry patch.

That sums me up as a writer in just a few paragraphs. Thanks again for letting me drop in. I look forward to chatting with you!

SBB - - You are always welcome Scarlett – Thanks so much for the opportunity, we are happy to kick off your tour for your latest release Reprieve.  I (Jenn) am desperately waiting for the next book with these great characters from Reprieve – I too didn’t want to leave her world – Now that you all got to know a little about the way she makes the books – here’s all about her latest –

REPRIEVE:

It’s been a year since Sophie lost her husband and daughter in a car wreck but time hasn’t healed her wounds. A desperate choice leads her to Trevor, the handsome stranger who saves her life and leaves her wanting more than just a few steamy kisses.

 Trevor is content living the fast-paced life of a successful NYC entrepreneur. The last kind of complication he needs is a troubled woman like Sophie. But he’s immediately drawn to her even if his bachelor instincts scream for him to run.

As Sophie struggles to fight her growing feelings for Trevor, she’s torn between her past and the future. Somehow, she has to find the strength to finally let go and move on with a man who is everything she never thought she wanted.

AND – if that wasn’t enough to get you on the road to reading this wonderful book – we get to release an excerpt!!!

"It’s been a year since Sophie lost her husband and daughter in a car wreck but time hasn’t healed her wounds. A desperate choice leads her to Trevor, the handsome stranger who saves her life and leaves her wanting more than just a few steamy kisses.

Trevor is content living the fast-paced life of a successful NYC entrepreneur. The last kind of complication he needs is a troubled woman like Sophie. But he’s immediately drawn to her even if his bachelor instincts scream for him to run.

As Sophie struggles to fight her growing feelings for Trevor, she’s torn between her past and the future. Somehow, she has to find the strength to finally let go and move on with a man who is everything she never thought she wanted."

As you are fanning yourself - don't forget the giveaway and read our review here.

GIVEAWAY – Ms Scott is giving away a $10 Amazon Gift Card – comment below to be entered to win.  For more chances – be sure to follow and comment on all the posts in the tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

October 4: Black Velvet Seductions 
October 5: Romance With An Attitude
October 5: REVIEW Reviews by Molly
October 6: Carrie Ann Ryan's Blog
October 7: Naughty in the Backseat

Reprieve by Scarlett Scott

Blush sensuality level: This is a sensual romance (may have explicit love scenes, but not erotic in frequency or type). It’s been a year since Sophie lost her husband and daughter in a car wreck but time hasn’t healed her wounds. A desperate choice leads her to Trevor, the handsome stranger who saves her life and leaves her wanting more than just a few steamy kisses. Trevor is content living the fast-paced life of a successful NYC entrepreneur. The last kind of complication he needs is a troubled woman like Sophie. But he’s immediately drawn to her even if his bachelor instincts scream for him to run. As Sophie struggles to fight her growing feelings for Trevor, she’s torn between her past and the future. Somehow, she has to find the strength to finally let go and move on with a man who is everything she never thought she wanted. (Courtesy of Amazon)

From the first chapter – Scarlett Scott has you hooked on the sparktacular chemistry between Sophie and Trevor.  Proven in this story that when two are meant to be together, their bodies and hearts know.  I was completely swallowed in Sophie’s world.  A few times I wanted to reach in and shake her but as the story unfolds those stubborn points just add to the emotional ride. 

As Sophie struggled with losing her husband – she wasn’t going to make it – Trevor has been her hero more times that just one.  Scott keeps the plot building as she adds a few ‘uh-oh’ moments.  Sophie’s strong-willed stubborn streak is a challenge, but our Scott pulls Trevor over the challenge.  There’s a little bit of everything in this book, humor, romance, and of course a challenge for our love birds. 

I still haven’t wanted to leave this world.  We have Scarlett Scott joining us tomorrow and she’s saying she hopes to write more books about some of our key characters in this series.  I’m hoping for Marcus – I love his intuitive character!

I'm giving this 5 slices - it's not my normal paranormal genre, but that's what makes it even better - for contemporary romance it's at the top! Held me in it's tight grip the whole time.  Come back tomorrow for Scarlett's visit and some extra insight - as well as the giveaway :) 

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