Yes, I should be writing…but I finished book 3 in this serial –Crown of Towers– and I wanted to play 😀
Category: Writing
Sale! KISSED to Entangled Publishing
Snoopy dance time! I sold the short story, KISSED to Entangled Publishing. Here’s the blurb:
Every princess should be kissed. And by a man who knows what he’s doing. Beatricia had been enjoying just that when she was caught.
But running only drives her into the arms of a stranger. A man who wants to offer her one night together, to offer her the experience her life and duties in the city of Sun-Airor–a place set out of space and time–have denied her.
It’ll be her only chance before she’s forced to enter a loveless marriage…but who exactly is her stranger? And what will kissing him reveal?
There’s also a Behind the Scenes page for Kissed here
Hump Day Hook ~ Dark Dealings
My first Hump Day Hook!
So here’s a paragraph from my novel, Dark Dealings that released this week 😀
“I’m not one of your little mages. My power comes from the heart of the earth. The heart of the sun.” He leaned forward, his mouth so close to hers she tasted his sweet breath and couldn’t stop the quick hitch in her chest. His voice was just above a raw whisper. “Never offer me anything you’re not willing to lose.”
You can find more Hook-ees here
Blog tour ~ Stellarnet Prince by JL Hilton, plus giveaways!
STELLARNET PRINCE: Book two of the Stellarnet Series
Release date November 12, 2012
An otherworldly love. Human blogger Genny O’Riordan shares two alien lovers: Duin, a leader of the Uprising, and Belloc, the only surviving member of the reviled Glin royal family. Their relationship has inspired millions of followers–and incited vicious anti-alien attacks.
A planet at risk. A Stellarnet obsessed with all things alien brings kidnappers, sex traffickers and environmental exploitation to Glin. Without weapons or communications technology, the planet cannot be defended. Glin will be ravaged and raided until nothing remains.
A struggle for truth. On Earth, Duin discovers a secret that could spur another rebellion, while on Glin, Belloc’s true identity could endanger their family and everything they’ve fought for. Have the Glin found true allies in humanity, or an even more deadly foe?
You can read the prologue here.
The following excerpt is sexy and exclusive:
Belloc’s voice was low and sultry in her ear. “More.” Begging, yearning, he repeated the word in Glinnish.
More? More what? She took as much of him as she could, rocking back on his full length, gliding on his smooth skin. His answering moan was like music, and she moved faster and harder until he joined her in ecstasy. His back arched as he cried out a stream of aqueous sounds she couldn’t translate. The passion he poured into her was all the more powerful because of the contrast with his usual reserve. In one, dazzling moment, he shared everything.
J’ni lost herself completely, until she felt his lips and the tip of his tongue, tasting droplets of salty sweat on her brow and the tears forced from the corners of her eyes in the fury of her release. Breathless and spent, she came back from the deep darkness of bliss and realized her arm was caught under his shoulder and her hand was falling asleep. And she was damn thirsty.
She lay beside him, her head on his shoulder. After a few minutes, he reached for her arm and touched the controls on her bracer, turning off the netcams. His gloves were somewhere on the floor.
She smiled. “’Lo, husband.”
“’Lo, wife.” He faced her, laying on his side, one leg lifted over her hip and drawing her as close as possible. “If I was from Earth, your new name would be J’ni Nidenn.”
“Maybe. Not everyone follows that tradition anymore. I might keep my name. Or you would be Belloc O’Riordan. Or we could be J’ni and Belloc O’Riordan-Nidenn.”
Belloc’s winsome smile was tinged with melancholy. He pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and traced the edge of her earlobe with his fingertip.
“Sometimes, I wish I was human.”
And you can also go here for the chance to win a r’naw eye necklace and free copies of Stellarnet Rebel and Stellarnet Prince!
Research, research, research…
I’m in full research mode for Agamemnon Frost and the Hollow Ships. It’s a steampunk-y story and therefore needs practically every word researched and checked. It’s the second book in the series, so I knew this going in! 😉
This part of the wall shows a 40 year period of Garston docks –OS maps–and the interior of Greenbank House – the rest of the wall (I wasn’t able to fit the whole wall in!) has Liverpool docks in 1893. I had to wrestle with the library photocopier for a good hour…so they’ll be staying up there a while…
Headless chicken time
Sorry I’ve not been around much, a manic end of term and the start of the school holidays have swallowed my time and will. I’ll try to do better 🙂
Six Sentence Sunday ~ Blast from the past…
I’ve been writing synopses all this week for the Agamemnon Frost trilogy and it would be cruel and unusual punishment to inflict them on people…so here’s a Blast from the Past, instead. It’s Warflesh, an erotic SF menage. 😀
“I could take you right here, right now and no one would have to know.”
Jon’s warm breath brushed over her lips and she groaned. It had nothing to do with her reawakened longing for him. Nothing at all. Her years of training had evaporated under the force of a too-pretty face and an alien drink. “Captain…”
As always you can find more sixes, here
Fina Brodie is warflesh. Enhanced by her government to bring ultimate pleasure, her negotiation skills secure anything her superiors want. The choice of pleasure she offers has always been hers. Until now. She’s not meeting Kian, Lord of the Tir, to negotiate for their mysterious spice-water. She’s payment.
And she’s not alone in bringing pleasure to the mysterious Tir leader. The man Kian has chosen to join them in the very sexual, very public spring festival has long headed her “never ever” list. Add the spice-water, which is rocket fuel to her already highly evolved libido, and it makes her reactions to Jonathon Raegh all the more dangerous.
But the Tir have a hidden agenda, and as the aphrodisiac qualities of the spice-water ignite long-suppressed lusts, all is revealed to Kian, Fina and Jon in the heat and passion of the arena.
Reader Advisory: Let there be no confusion. The spring festival is a sexual feast between two incredibly sexy men and one very lucky woman. Get the ice water ready!
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Six Sentence Sunday ~ Under the Lion’s Curse 2
Almost forgot again. This story is finished and subbed, yay. So I’m back onto finishing Kissed Next Year. 🙂 Ah, the joy of writing sex scenes… 😉
“…I will fuck you, sweet Thia. Take my pleasure from you in every way.”
His next move was quick, sure and strong. He flipped her over onto her stomach and his large hand caressed her, his thumb stroking over her sex. Thia clutched at the blanket, unable to deny the whimper that escaped her.
“Every way.”
As always you can find more sixes here.
Six Sentence Sunday: Lions, Eagles and Men, oh my!
Yes, I still need a title for this short story…can you tell? 😉
Kissed Next Year is quietly brewing, as the first draft is practically done and it needs to rest, so it’s onto this short paranormal wip. 🙂 Here’s my snippet:
Her hand moved, almost of its own volition. It slid up, following the carved perfection of muscle. There too, fur and heat and life pulsed under her palm. It was insane. Yet…she couldn’t pull back.
She leaned in, closed her eyes and pressed her lips to the curved stone line marking the muscle.
As always, you can read more Sixes here.
Six Sentence Sunday ~ Kiss Next Year 2
More fun with with this little short.
A band of ice circled her neck and the worlds went dead. The bastard had cuffed her.
“Now.” He wrestled her arms above her head, pushing her breasts up against his chest. His mouth burned over hers, not touching, but his breath moved over her lips. “We have time for the truth.”
As always, there are more sixes here.
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