All Romance Earth Day Free Book - Slave

There will be one of these a day, until April 21. I'll try to post the link each day, as I find out which one it is. If you find it first, feel free to leave note here in comments and I'll get a post up for everyone else.

Slave ($5.99 list), by Cheryl Brooks

Book Description
“I found him in the slave market on Orpheseus Prime, and even on such a god-forsaken planet as that one, their treatment of him seemed extreme.”

He may be the last of a species whose sexual talents were the envy of the galaxy.

Cat is an enslaved warrior from a race with a feline gene that gives him awesome beauty, fearsome strength, and sensuality and sexual prowess unmatched by any other males in the universe. Even filthy, chained, and beaten, he gives off an aura of power and virility and his feline gene gives him a special aura.

Jacinth is an intergalactic trader on a rescue mission and she needs a man she can trust with her life.

She has spent years pursuing her kidnapped sister from planet to planet. Now her quest leads her to a place where all the women are slaves. “Jack” needs a slave of her own—one who can masquerade as her master.

Enmeshed in a tangle of deception, lust, and love, they must elude a race of violent killers and together forge a bond stronger than any chains.

Just click Add to Cart or Buy Now and you'll see an automatic discount for the full price of the book. Be sure to complete the entire check out process (which takes about three pages of clicking), all the way until you see a link for the download (I've missed a book or two in previous promotions at this site, as I thought I was done, but didn't get all they way thru to the end). Available in the following (usually drm-free) formats: Mobipocket, Adobe Acrobat, Epub. If you want more than one format, you'll need to purchase the book more than once, but you get the discount each time.

Free Short Story - Hunting Evander

Hunting Evander, by Kim Knox, is free in the Sony store tonight and has been free at Ellora's Cave since January 18. This one isn't in the Amazon Kindle or the B&N store and it's the first of the freebies from Ellora's that I've seen in the Sony store.

Book Description
Narda is on a hunt.

Her target, Doran Van Evander has holed up on a mining planet. But her hunt won’t be simple or easy. Planet Lisala-7 is in the grip of a festival, one they’ve made compulsory. Five days of licensed debauchery and now with her body on fire from the touch of strangers, she must find her target before her time runs out. Failing is not an option. But in this game, who is the hunter and who is the prey?

For the Sony reader, you'll need to use the Reader Library software and either search for the book's title or look on the Bargain Priced page.

Click HERE to get the story free from Ellora's Cave in any of these formats: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, Rocket Book, HTML. There doesn't appear to be any DRM on this one, as I was able to open the mobipocket version up in Calibre (so it should work fine on Kindle). While you are Ellora's, you might want to check out some of their other free reads (note that they, like the title above, are all on the erotica side of romance).

Free Book and 50% Sale at ARe/OmniLit

The first book in Leigh Ellwood's Dareville Series, Truth or Dare ($4.80 Kindle), is available for free today from All Romance eBooks, in the following (DRM'd and non-Kindle friendly) formats: Epub, Mobipocket, Rocket, Microsoft Reader, Adobe Acrobat, HTML. Please note the content warning from the ARe site (missing on the Amazon site, which has no cover on the Kindle edition, but a much racier cover on the out-of-print paperback).

Book Description
Dare you let the truth get in the way of love? Rock and roll legend Brady Garriston is in a slump, careerwise and in his love life. He is desperate for a comeback (and a "cum" back), and finds a possible solution in masquerading in small town Dareville, where he can clear the slate and start fresh. Brady finds his muse in the lovely and uninhibited school teacher Ellie Shaw, and soon the two are making more than just beautiful music together. But will Brady's deception bring on a sour note to their relationship? And what of the secret Ellie is keeping from Brady?

Warning: This book includes: scenes of graphic heterosexual and homosexual (M/M, light F/F) sex, three-way sex (MMF), and anal sex (M/F)

Click HERE for the free book.

Even if this book isn't your cup of tea, you might want to check out some of the other titles at AllRomanceeBooks.com and OmniLit.com, as they are having a big sale this weekend. You will receive 50% off on all titles purchased on through this weekend if you enter the code SBTBARe1 in your shopping cart and click on the “Calculate Discount” button. This offer expires at midnight 31 January 2010, 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 11

It's the eleventh day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

Seducing Serena, by Bonnie Rose Leigh & Gabriella Bradley. The price shows as $4.99, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as many formats: Adobe Acrobat, Palm DOC/iSolo, Microsoft Reader, Hiebook, HTML, Mobipocket, Rocket, Epub; you can purchase more than one and get the discount each time.

This one has a "heat index" of 4 and the genre is paranormal romance/erotica.

Book Description
Serena Patterson has been on the run for seven years. Now, broke, tired, feeling defeated, she feels drawn to the home she'd left so many years ago and the three brothers she loves so much.

Giving in to her instincts, Serena returns, but only for one last glimpse of the Turner boys, Brady, Asher and Damon. She knows that if she actually makes her presence known, she'll be putting their lives into as much danger as her own has been all those years. Serena makes a decision. She is the one they're after. With her out of the way, danger will be averted from her brothers.

The Turner men are overjoyed that Serena has finally returned home to them, only to watch in consternation as she drives away again. They will not let her get away from them this time, for she doesn't know her first transformation is about to happen, and it can only happen if she mates with them.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 10

It's the tenth day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

Calling Dr. Love, by G.A. Hauser. The price shows as $6.99, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as many formats: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Reader, HTML, Mobipocket, Epub; you can purchase more than one and get the discount each time.

This one has a "heat index" of 5 and the genre is gay (M/M) erotica.

Book Description

Pride and ego make a very unlikely combination for finding true love. Unless you discover another who is your mirror image.

Twenty-five year old Phil Andrews left his family in Eastern Washington to escape the small town attitudes of his siblings and the locals to be free to be himself in the liberal area of West Hollywood. But without an education or work experience to fall back on, Phil uses his good looks and physique to make ends meet, working as a go-go boy at night, and a gay porn star on the weekends.

Intelligent, out of the closet, Dr. Christopher Love was thirty-three years old and a success in everything but his relationships. He knew his life was lacking something, a partner to share it with. Trying to find the kind of man he found attractive sexually and one who was also was willing to bend to his demands was an impossible task. Until he met Phil Andrews.

Two men, two opposite worlds. One educated at the finest schools, an asset to the community, a philanthropist and a surgeon, the other, a high-school drop-out, former drug addict with a criminal record, meet during a stormy night while the lights are blacked out. The physical attraction bonds them instantly, but soon their differences bring to the surface that deadly pride.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 7

It's the seventh day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

Bastards And Pretty Boys, by K.Z. Snow. The price shows as $5.50, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as several formats: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, Rocket, Epub.

This one has a "heat index" of 4 and the genre is gay erotica.

Book Description
Charles Larkin is finally happy with his life…for the most part. He’s happy with his new summer getaway—a rustic cottage he just bought on a small Wisconsin lake. He’s happy that his ex-wife, whom he divorced because he couldn’t play straight anymore, has become one of his best friends. He’s happy he can breathe again.

It’s only Kenneth, Charlie’s boyfriend of five months, who makes this new life less than completely satisfying. Charlie feels they’ve never been quite right for each other, and Kenneth cements that conviction when he makes a disturbing confession. Charlie knows their time together is quickly coming to an end. Problem is, Kenneth doesn’t know it. And he tends to be rather possessive.

Planning to spend a quiet, relaxing two or three weeks at Cloud Lake—fixing up his place, reading, even attempting to overcome his fear of water—Charlie is less than thrilled to discover his next-door neighbor is one hell of a looker. He doesn’t need that kind of distraction, especially since his issues with Kenneth haven’t yet been resolved. But there’s a ninety percent chance the neighbor is straight, has a wife or girlfriend, and could be leaving the next day. Charlie clings to those probabilities.

Only, Booker isn’t going anywhere, and he isn’t that easily ignored. And neither is his unexpected, none-too-savory baggage. And neither, for that matter, is Charlie's. But when two people care enough about each other, they figure out how to help carry each other's baggage…or cast it aside.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 6

It's the sixth day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

The Object of my Obsession, by Cara North. The price shows as $4.99, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale (even if you don't get it the first day it is featured in the sale; I've tested a couple of them a day or two later and the discount was still active). Available as two formats and will have to be converted for the Kindle: Adobe Acrobat, Epub.

This one has a "heat index" of 5 and the genre is erotica (the book description and the cover serves as it's own content warning).

Book Description
To the public they are All-American actors; one in film, the other on a popular cable television series. To Sonja Love, sex columnist extraordinaire, they are her lovers. Together they do things in private that no one can ever know about. Ever.

Sonja Love PhD. Writes an advice column for the Cali Chronicle, a popular print and online magazine. Her main goal; to get an interview with the object of her obsession, one Mr. Jacob Brandon, hot new Hollywood hunk dejour. Thanks to a highly controversial film, in which he stars, she is able to get to the press junket and finally meet the man she masturbates to regularly. The first time they meet is on an elevator during a thunderstorm and the power goes out. Taking advantage of the situation she treats him to what she learned in a research class about oral sex. When the power returns she leaves him breathless and wanting. Once they meet again he fears she was just trying to cause a scandal. She fears he may try to get her fired. Standing her ground she assures him that she did it for herself, not for the world and stomps out without and interview.

Jacob finds her at the hotel and convinces her to let him in. Once inside it takes moments for her to forgive him, and minutes for her to get him naked again. Jacob does things to her she had only researched and wrote about. Leaving with a kiss and a smile, taking her business card, and her anal virginity with him she thinks it is over.

Jacob calls her; he comes to visit her in her secluded home in Kentucky. Wanting respite from the world, a sanctuary where he can hide out, he finds more than sex appealing about Sonja.

When Jacob invites his best friend and fellow actor, Henry Dare, to hide out a week or so with them, things heat up in a new direction. Sonja can feel the heat between the two actors as much as she can feel their attraction to her. A triangle forms, toys are tested, boundaries broken and three people find freedom at last.

However, things are not always as good as they seem.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 3

It's the third day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

Cowboy, by J.M. Snyder. The price shows as $5.99, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as many formats: Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader, HTML, Adobe Acrobat, Epub; you can purchase more than one and get the discount each time.

This one has a "heat index" of 4 and the genre is gay (M/M ) cowboy erotica.

Book Description

Marcus was just passing through Texas when he met Kent. In his cowboy hat, low-riding jeans, and black boots, Kent looks like the type of guy Marcus desperately wants to love.

But two years later, he’s discovered Kent is cold and distant, the quintessential American cowboy, and spends more time drunk than sober. Marcus can never predict his mood and blames himself for the flailing relationship.

Then, one day when Kent rides into town, Marcus finds a young runaway hiding in their barn. Luke is warm, loving, and quick to please… everything Kent is not. Though the answer seems obvious, Marcus finds himself torn between the boy who demands his love and the man whose love he craves.

If you sign up for the Wildfire newsletter when you create your account, you'll get an email each day to remind you about the free book of the day.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 2

All Romance is having a different free book every day for the twelve days leading up to Christmas. Today is the second day and the free book is:

Her Hungers, by Mary Winter. The price shows as $5.70, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as many formats: Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader, HTML, Adobe Acrobat, Epub; you can purchase more than one and get the discount each time.

As with all of All Romance's books, I'd guess it is fairly explicit, given the "heat index" of 5 for this one, and the content warning below.

Book Description

Lilah knew werewolves. Growing up as a human in the Northwoods Pack territory, Lilah also knew Roarke Connelly. But a human would never be good enough to love a werewolf, and broken-hearted, Lilah left the Northwoods vowing never to come back.

And she kept her promise, until a vampire turned her and she needed, one more time, to see her home. A brutal attack there left her wounded and infected with lycanthropy. She became a werepyre, both vampire and werewolf and hated by both species.

Under the protection of Adrian Fitzreal, brother to the vampire who turned her, Lilah knows he’ll never be the Alpha, her wolf, and she, craves. But she accepts, because with Adrian’s help, she’s staying alive, which is all a werepyre can ask for.

Until Roarke shows up. He’s got trouble at home. A rogue group of werewolves known as the Dark Moon Dogs wants to take over his pack. But when he finds out Lilah was attacked in his territory, he goes to find out why.

And discovers that she’s no longer the teenage girl who hero-worshipped him. She’s a grown woman, with a woman’s needs and two beasts raging inside her. And right now, they hunger for her Alpha, and for her vampire.

Warning: This book contains scenes of M/F/M sex and sex while in shifted form.

If you sign up for the Wildfire newsletter when you create your account, you'll get an email each day to remind you about the free book of the day.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 1

All Romance is having a different free book every day for the twelve days leading up to Christmas. Today is the first day and the free book is:

Holiday Affair, by Yvette Hines. As with all of All Romance's books, I'd guess it is fairly explicit, given the "heat index" of 4.

Available as a PDF or in EPUB format (convert the EPUB using Calibre or the PDF via Amazon); if you want both, just purchase it twice.

Book Description
Chanel Davidson is about to embark on a holiday vacation that will change her life. The man of her dreams has spent a year teasing her with love notes, trinkets and thoughtful gifts, doing everything but ask her out. Well, she is prepared to grab the reindeer by the antlers this season. A week off from work, a lone man in a cabin is going to give her just the opportunity she needs to set things in a sensual motion. Only one problem, it’s the right cabin, but the wrong man.

Aidan Carmichael is expecting a quite week in a friends cabin. The season has never meant much to him over the years and he is ready to relax in his time away from work. What he is not expecting is a caramel skinned goddess to come shimmying down his chimney. Aidan has had his eyes and heart set on Chanel since he first joined the accounting firm. Now, to both of their surprise she comes dancing into his holiday haven. Chanel is trapped for a week with a grey eyed temptation. With freezing temperatures outside and things heating up on the inside, Aidan tries to prove to Chanel that they can be more than just a holiday affair. Ho, ho…oh, what a Christmas.

If you sign up for the Wildfire newsletter when you create your account, you'll get an email each day to remind you about the free book of the day.

Ravenous Romance - All eBooks 99 Cents, Today Only

Their normal prices are $4.99 for books and $2.99 for short stories. Today only, both are 99 cents. From their website:

It's Our One-Year Anniversary Sale!

For TODAY ONLY, ALL e-books are just $.99, in celebration of Ravenous Romance's one-year anniversary! It's our way of saying thank you to all of our readers. Stock up and enjoy!

Ravenous Romance publishes the hottest, most exciting stories on the Web, from a wide variety of best-selling and award-winning authors. We offer all our books at unbeatable prices and backed by our original money-back guarantee. And, Ravenous Romance is the only online romance publisher to offer downloadable audiobooks in addition to ebooks. Try us with a free short story and free audiobook sampler now!

As you might guess, their catalog is (like All Romance/OmniLit) on the steamy side. If you listen to the audiobooks on your Kindle, I'd suggest using an earbud or headphones.

Three Free Books (Romance/Erotica)

This one was posted yesterday as a CyberMonday sale, but is still working. Multiple formats available, you can buy multiple times if you need more than one format. All of these on the spicy end (or extremely spicy) of romance/erotica and are the first in series.

Alpha - Walk Away, by Treva Harte

Book Description
How does a nice girl handle a hungry were?

When Dek left her, Leila vowed never to fall for an animal like him again. But now he's back...and resistance seems futile.

Dek is determined to have Leila join his "family." He needs her, and he's not about to take no for an answer. Leila swore she'd never break the rules again. But she's about to discover that being top dog in a werepack has a lot of different rules.

Scary, hot, exciting rules.

Circe's Recruits 1: Roane, by Marie Harte

Book Description
In the three years since Project Dawn disbanded, Roane Weston and his men continue to fight the good fight. Now civilians, his squad--Circe's Recruits--works for a private organization bent on cleaning up the mess left in the wake of Project Dawn's rebirth. Run by Elliot Pearl, a ruthless millionaire, Pearson Labs continues to create Circs, people who have been genetically changed. When needed, these Circs take on an altered form, one neither man nor animal, but something in between. But unlike Roane and his squad, the Circs coming out of Pearson Labs aren't sane... Except for Caitlyn Chase, a female Roane can't get out of his mind.

As Caitlyn matures into the female Circ she was meant to be, she sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter her future and those of Circe's Recruits. In the process, she'll fall in lust, in love with Roane, and in danger as she finally finds out who she really is. Only with Roane and her newfound friends can she hope to keep the PPA at bay while they crush an agenda that may spell the end of them all.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: (see site for the rest)

Dark Elves 1: Taken, by Jet Mykles

Book Description
Diana is infuriated, humiliated… insanely aroused. Who do these black-skinned, white-haired, sex-oozing devils think they are making her into a broodmare and sex-slave? She won’t do it. Who cares if the damned elves were created as sex toys for a goddess? Or if each and every dark elf that visits her is a well-trained, exquisite lover. Or if Commander Salin makes her mind and body hum with desire and pleasure she’s never before experienced? She won’t submit. She won’t. Will she?

Salin’s men have all had their turn trying to tame the hellcat swordswoman. To a man, they’ve brought her to the heights of ecstasy but they’ve all had to rely on trickery or mystical attraction to bring her to heel. Even now, she refuses to submit and accept her new life. Never has a woman been so much trouble. Never has a woman so fired his blood. He will have her. He must.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be used, pleasured… Taken?

Publisher's Note: This novel contains explicit sexual content, including multiple partners, BDSM themes and content, male/male sexual practices, and exhibitionism. It also contains illustrations of a graphic nature that may be offensive to some readers. Readers should be advised that the illustrations have resulted in file sizes in excess of 1 MB in HTML and PDF formats. The Mobipocket version does not have images.

Bargain Romance

Today's post brings you romance from both new and known authors. As always, prices can change without notice at Amazon, so be sure to check the details before clicking on Buy.

To Taste Temptation ($1.99), by Elizabeth Hoyt

Book Description
The ton loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they're giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. What the ton doesn't know, though, is that Samuel is in London because of this massacre. He believes his regiment was given up to the enemy and won't rest until he finds the traitor.

Lady Emeline Gordon is captivated with Samuel. Not only does he defy convention with his unusual dress, his sensual smile, and his forthright manner, but he survived the battle that killed her beloved brother. Samuel suspects that the person responsible for her brother's death is Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, a family friend since childhood--and Emeline's fiancé. Despite Emeline's belief in Vale's innocence and her refusal to break off her betrothal, she and Samuel begin a passionate affair. But can their relationship survive the fallout from Samuel's investigation?

Faking It ($0.99), by Elisa Lorello

Book Description
What happens when a writing professor and a male escort become friends? Thirty-four-year old professor Andi Cutrone has broken up with her fiancé in Massachusetts, moved back to her native New York, and wants to be a better lover. So after meeting Devin, a handsome, charming escort, she proposes an unusual arrangement: lessons about writing in exchange for lessons about sex. When Devin accepts Andi’s proposal, he draws up a contract in which the two are forbidden to see each other socially. There’s just one problem: Andi also wants Devin. Faking It is a witty, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching story about relationships, writing, and getting real.

Posh ($1.96), by Lucy Jackson

Book Description
It’s a world of over-the-top entitlement and tribal customs, a world of surface interactions and deep needs—a world of private schools and privilege. Griffin is a preparatory school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with the best students—and the richest parent body—the city has to offer. The emotionally charged lives of the teenagers and adults that collide and intersect at Griffin include those of:

• Kathryn “Lazy” Hoffman is the headmistress at the Griffin School, in the midst of an affair she almost can’t remember why she started. Lazy ministers to children, but her cross to bear is the parents—especially those who wonder why their little darlings aren’t going to Harvard
• Michael Avery, smart driven, and clearly on the fast track to Cambridge, but so troubled that he becomes a burden to his girlfriend
• Julianne Coopersmith, a sweetly compassionate child of divorce who happily wears designer hand-me-downs from her best friend, and adores Michael even in the face of his neediness and meltdowns
• Susan Avery, who is detached from her brilliant but tortured son, and finds it’s easier to love her Chinese Crested Hairless than her own child
• Dee Coopersmith, whose life driving a cab couldn’t be a bigger contrast to the rest of the parent body at Griffin, but whose sense of self and fierce protection of her daughter have unexpected consequences

Fast-paced, gently satirical, yet deeply felt, POSH is a surprisingly poignant and knowing novel distinguished by its spare and elegant prose.

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers ($2.99), by Sarah-Kate Lynch

Book Description
Set on a small Irish dairy farm, this tender and funny debut novel follows two lost souls as they try to carve out new lives amid a colorful cast of characters reminiscent of those in the hit film Waking Ned Divine. Abby has been estranged from the family farm since her rebellious mother ran off with her when she was a small child. Kit is a burned out New York stockbroker who's down on his luck. But that's all about to change, now that he and Abby have converged on the farm just in time to help Corrie and Fee, two old cheesemakers in a time of need. Full of delightful and quirky characters--from dairy cows who only give their best product to pregnant, vegetarian teens to an odd collection of whiskey-soaked men and broken-hearted women who find refuge under Corrie and Fee's roof.

BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS is an irresistible tale about taking life's spilled milk and turning it into the best cheese in the world.

Wrapped ($0.99), by Meryl McQueen

Book Description
Set against a canvas of frenzied corporate New York City, a family farm in rural Ohio, a glass-and-chrome skyscraper in the medieval city of Milan, and a villa on the Ligurian coast, this a fast-paced story of ambition, displacement, loyalty, and love.

Twenty-two-year-old Andrea Carole is smart. Smart enough to ooze through a double math/economics degree at Cornell. Smart enough to duck serious relationships. Not smart enough to duck a dangerous romance with a handsome stranger thirty years her senior.

Across the Atlantic, Massimo Bassanini is in trouble. At fifty-three, used to wrangling his way in love, family, and corporate war, he’s a successful entrepreneur with a problem: he needs a new financial adviser, someone as driven and brilliant as he is. One phone call to New York, and the stage is set for a collision of cultures, generations, and desire.

Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story ($3.19), by JR Ward, is a short fiction/novella piece in her Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Book Description
Readers met and fell in love with Zsadist and Bella in J. R. Ward's third New York Times bestselling novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Lover Awakened. As a former blood slave, Zsadist bore the scars from a past filled with suffering and degradation until Bella came along and helped heal his emotional wounds. Now, though, with the birth of their child, the demons of his past have been resurrected, called forth by the innocent eyes of his beloved daughter, Nalla. Unless Bella and Nalla can bring him back with their love, he may be lost to them forever.

Declaring Spinsterhood ($1.24), by Jamie Lynn Braziel

Book Description
What can you do when your family harps on you to get married (already!), when your delicious and alluring ex-boyfriend—cheater to the core—believes that you’ve fallen for another guy and sets out to woo and conquer (again), and when you suddenly realize that you have fallen in love with your best friend, the guy whose shoulder has always been available...but is presently being enjoyed by another woman? In Jamie Lynn Braziel’s riotous first novel, Declaring Spinsterhood, she explores the world of 30-something single women, the pressures they face to tie the knot, and what happens when that knot begins to feel more like a noose. In the world of Emma Bailey, nothing is sacred. Including, and most especially, marriage.

One-Click Buy: November 2009 Silhouette Desire and One-Click Buy: November 2009 Harlequin Blaze, from Harlequin, are each $9.99 and each contains 6 books - that's $1.66 per book.

Silhouette Desire
Bundle includes: Westmoreland's Way by Brenda Jackson, In the Arms of the Rancher by Joan Hohl, The Maverick's Virgin Mistress by Jennifer Lewis, Wedding at King's Convenience by Maureen Child, Christmas with the Prince by Michelle Celmer, His High-Stakes Holiday Seduction by Emilie Rose.

Harlequin Blaze
The temperature outside may be dropping...but we're heating things up with six sexy books from November 2009 Harlequin Blaze! Bundle includes: More Blazing Bedtime Stories by Julie Leto and Leslie Kelly, Power Play by Nancy Warren, Hot Spell by Michelle Rowen, Hold on to the Nights by Karen Foley, SEALed and Delivered by Jill Monroe, and Zero Control by Lori Wilde.

There are so many more that won't fit, I'll just link a few more for this week:

First, Jacquelyn Frank's entire catalog is on sale for $4.47 each, eight books total (there are two listings for Damien, so be careful not to buy both.

His Immortal Embrace (anthology) by Hannah Howell, Sara Blayne, Lynsay Sands & Kate Huntington ($3.83)
Dawn Encounter by Jennifer Blake ($4.32)
Challenge To Honor by Jennifer Blake ($5.04)
Seduced by A Stranger by Eve Silver ($4.47)
What A Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden ($3.19)
Betrayed Birthright by Sheri WhiteFeather ($3.24)
Condition of Marriage by Emilie Rose ($3.24)
Birthright by Judith Arnold ($3.24)
To Do List by Lauren Dane ($2.80)

Poetic Monthly Magazine Volume # 45 is now out and can be downloaded for free (PDF) HERE. If you like it, the first 44 issues are all available as free PDF's in their store (use the VIEW option next to each issue).

Over at Night Owl Romance, you can download several free reads, all of which are in PDF format and seem to be varying heat levels of romance/erotica.

Halloween Reads from Samhellion

As you all know, Samhain Publishing has been giving away a number of books this year. They also give away a number of short stories on their web site, usually in conjunction with major holidays. This Halloween is no exception, but they are doing things a bit differently this time. Rather than have you check their web site each day and click to download a book, you have to sign up on their email list to get links to the downloads. They've been having some issues with the addresses they are using, it seems, so if you don't get a reply back fairly quickly, try the secondary address. All of these that I've checked have been fairly short and all are in PDF format (but easily converted for the Kindle or read on the DX).

The Fine Print

1. Our short stories range from sweet to super-sexy. By sending in your email to receive the download link, you are agreeing that you are aware of this.
2. All email addies will be entered into a drawing to win a Free Samhain title of your choice.
3. All email addresses will be added to our newsletter mailing list. Please note that we do not sell our i list or use it for any other purpose than to send our reader-related announcements and the newsletter.

Click HERE to see the descriptions of the stories so far, or just send a blank email to one of these two addresses (substituting "@" for the " (at) ", of course):

samhellionfreebies (at) gmail.com
freebies (at) samhellion.com

You'll get back a single email with all the free stories so far (since October 15). There should be another one or two this week, so you'll want to send a second messages on Friday or Saturday to get the last few links.

Three Free Books from Sony

There are several free reads in the Sony eBookstore today. They are still in the pre-order stage in the Kindle store (and not free, but I included links for those that want to read the reviews). All three are still pre-orders in the Kindle store; I'll post an update if the price drops there as well, once they are released..

Spinning Forward ($9.60 Kindle), by Terri DuLong

Book Description
In a debut novel brimming with warmth and wit, Terri DuLong spins a tale of new beginnings, old friends, and lives forever bound...

A New Englander born and bred, the last place Sydney Webster expects to find herself starting over is on an island off the coast of Florida. Yet here she is in Cedar Key, trying to pull herself together after her husband's untimely death--and the even more untimely revelation of his gambling addiction. Bereft of her comfortable suburban life, Syd takes shelter at a college pal's bed and breakfast, where amidst the bougainvillea blossoms and the island's gentle rhythms, a plan begins to form....

Syd never considered the possibility of turning her passion for spinning and knitting into something more than a hobby, but when the unique composition of her wool draws attention, a door is opened--the first among many. Yet even as she ventures out of her comfort zone, Syd finds herself stepping into the embrace of a community rich with love, laughter, friendship...and secrets. And as long-hidden truths are revealed, Syd faces a choice: spin a safety net--or spin decidedly forward and never look back....

Mania ($4.47 Kindle), by Craig Larsen

Book Description
A City Gripped By Fear...

Seattle newspaper photographer Nick Wilder has snapped his fair share of gruesome homicide scenes. But when a serial killer dubbed the Street Butcher takes his sick crimes to new depths of depravity, Nick finds the case suddenly getting to him in more ways than one...

A Killer Who Knows No End...

With each new murder Nick is shocked by what he won't soon forget. But the deeper he digs, the closer he gets to his own disturbing past--and the more he must risk to unmask an unpredictable, deranged psychopath. As the motives multiply and the suspects mount, the cold, stark Seattle winter is about to turn even chillier...

Men I Might Have Known ($9.60 Kindle), by Brad Saunders. Note that this is gay fiction/erotica, in case you could not figure it out from the title.

Book Description
Everyone experiences it--that moment when you lock eyes with a perfect stranger and feel a shiver of requited lust. Too often, those opportunities slip by unexplored. But in this steamy, imaginative collection, Brad Saunders turns "what if" into "what happened," recreating the sizzling chance connections he's experienced--and playing them out in uninhibited stories that tap into our deepest fantasies about what can happen when we take the next step.

From a glorious day on a sun-kissed Greek beach with a beautiful German man, to a college crush that turns out to be deliciously mutual, these stories are sometimes tender, sometimes torrid, and always deeply erotic. A gym buddy provides a workout to remember. . .. Venturing up to a Manhattan rooftop party yields a spectacular view--and not of the skyline. . .. And on a city crosswalk, saving a handsome artist from traffic earns the kind of gratitude that can't be conveyed in words.

Hedonistic threesomes, hot nightclub trysts, sweet and sensitive first times. . .whether set in exotic locales or on in your very own bed, these intimate, provocative stories inhabit the space between fact and fiction--where nothing is too wild or too wicked and the only limit to pleasure is your imagination. . .

As always, with Sony, you can see the book HERE on the website, but you'll have to use the Sony software to actually order the book (if you don't have it yet, it's free on the website). Just put the title or author in the search box in the eBook Store.

Kindle Bargain Ebook Roundup - Christmas

Like many merchants, Amazon seems to be rushing the holiday season. There are a number of books with Christmas themes on sale right now; so many that I'll have them in the next three posts, grouped more or less by genre. This first post will be holiday, suspense and romance; more romance tomorrow, along with a few children's books.

Christmas Train ($3.99), by David Baldacci, was quite popular last year and there are two Kindle editions, with the only visible difference being the cover and the price.

Book Description
Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, was banned from flying in the U.S. when an overly probing search wand caused him to blow his top at LaGuardia Airport. Now, the train is his only option to get to Los Angeles for Christmas to be with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he pitches a story about a train ride taken during Christmas season to his ex-flame editor, Eleanor. Thereupon begins one of the most hilarious-and heartwarming-train rides ever. Along the way Tom encounters mechanical failures, derailments, and eccentric characters like Agnes Joe, who rides trains all the time, though no one knows why. There's also a mysterious passenger whom Tom suspects may be a fugitive, an avalanche that changes everyone's Christmas plans, unexpected romance, and a rekindling of holiday spirits. As the mighty Southwest Chief chugs along, Tom Langdon and his wonderful train adventure will have you laughing as you turn the pages. It will also reacquaint you with what makes Christmas truly special.

Star Bright! A Christmas Story ($4.04), by Andrew Greeley, is a relatively short book (as are most of his holiday volumes) from one of my favorite authors.

Book Description
A virtuoso on the human heartstrings, New York Times bestselling author Father Andrew M. Greely offers another gem of a tale--a glowing Christmas love story guaranteed to warm the coldest heart and cure all cases of Humbug! Jack Flanigan, "a harmless American of Irish origins," spotted Odessa Tatiana Alekseevna Shuskulya reading a Russian newspaper in Harvard Square. At first all he saw was a chance to practice his Russian, and he plunged right in before he realized he was addressing the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. While his senses reeled, Jack chattered bravely on about the two countries, the weather, the Christmas season--anything to keep talking to this beautiful creature. She was alone in a foreign country for the holidays? Unthinkable! And before he knew what he was doing, he invited her home to Chicago to spend Christmas with his crazy family. As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he could have kicked himself. A woman as gorgeous as Odessa is only alone by choice. Not only that, it isn't even Christmas on the Russian Orthodox calendar. But wonder of wonders, she accepts! And after a weekend in Chicago that includes a tree, a feast, a midnight mass, and a gaggle of contentious Flanigans of all ages, nothing will ever be quite the same for any of them-especially lucky Jack Flanigan!

Tidings of Comfort & Joy ($2.24), by Davis Bunn

Book Description
As the questions begin, an extraordinary story unfolds. A story of love and loss and caring, of separation and reunion. Of small acts of heroism in a distant and war-weary English village, now half a century ago.

As her grandmother shares this story with Marissa, the two discover that the most precious gift of Christmas is that of the present. And the season of giving is not limited to once a year.

The Christmas Angel ($3.65), by Thomas Kinkade (who's probably more well known for his paintings than his books) & Katherine Spencer

Book Description
The spirit of the season is spreading through the rustic seaside hamlet of Cape Light, as the residents prepare to celebrate the joy of the holidays. But town mayor Emily receives an unexpected and precious Christmas gift when she finds a baby girl tucked away in a decorative cradle set up outside the church, with a note begging whoever discovers the child to take care of her.
Aside from signs that the baby's birth mother was a drug abuser, no one has any idea to whom the child may belong. As the police investigate, Emily is granted temporary custody of baby Jane. Having given up her own daughter years ago, she missed out on the many wonderful experiences that come with motherhood. And though she tries to be reasonable and mature about the situation, something about little Jane makes her feel that she was meant to find the baby and raise her as her own. But the changes an adoption would bring do not sit well with her husband, Dan, who has already struggled with the issues of raising children once in his life, and does not want that responsibility again. Now, in the midst of the year's most joyous season, Emily must come to terms with her duty to her family, her own feelings of regret and loss--and what her heart truly desires.

A Christmas to Die For ($3.96), by Marta Perry

Book Description
She was lucky to be alive...

...after the hit-and-run that nearly took her life. But history seemed to be repeating itself when Rachel Hampton spied a car speeding down the dark road.

Tyler Dunn came to Rachel's family inn seeking justice for a decades-old crime. Rachel wanted to trust the attractive architect, but he was too secretive...until she uncovered a shocking link to her own past. Suddenly a holiday season amid the Plain People swarmed with hidden danger as Rachel found herself a killer's target.

THE THREE SISTERS INN: Danger awaits the Hampton sisters in quiet Amish Country.

Candy Cane Murder ($4.47), by Joanna Fluke, Laura Levine & Leslie Meier

Book Description
Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit.

Candy Cane Murder by Joanna Fluke
When a trail of candy canes leads to a corpse outfitted in a Santa suit on a snowy bank, Hannah Swensen sets out to discover who killed Kris Kringle

The Dangers Of Candy Canes by Laura Levine
A wealthy suburbanite takes a lethal tumble off his roof while installing a giant candy cane. Now it's up to Jaine Austen to sift through a long list of scheming neighbors with dirty secrets in their stockings to expose a murderer.

Candy Canes Of Christmas Past by Leslie Meier
Lucy Stone must learn the mystery of a glass candy cane that was found smashed to bits by a corpse's body to unlock the doors of Christmas past -- and find a killer who got away with murder.

Whether a gift for yourself or that special someone on your list, there's no better way to spend the holidays than with these tantalizing mysteries of murder...

Christmas Pie ($3.50), by Alice Duncan writing as Emma Craig

Book Description
Pie in the Sky:

Unlike most girls her age, Polly MacNamara did not go out with friends to parties or on sleigh rides with charming beaux. She stayed home to take care of her ailing mother and only dreamed of a world of boundless riches and endless fun. But when shopping for a Christmas gift in Chinatown, she received a mysterious coin from an ancient-looking woman--and watched a series of remarkable events unfold . . . .

Recipe for Love:

Soon, Polly's secret ingredient for happiness would appear in the unlikely form of her handsome and wealthy employer--James Drayton. She discovered he wasn't the snobbish and cold-hearted Scrooge she had always thought, but instead a lonely soul in need of a family. But could their love bridge the class divide and bring them the Christmas miracle they both needed? With a dash of faith and a pinch of patience, Polly set out to cook up a holiday wish as scrumptious as . . .

CHRISTMAS PIE

So This Is Christmas ($1.49), by Beverly Barton, Sherryl Woods & Leanne Banks, contains three novellas (some were previously released on Kindle as short stories, at least one is still available at $1.19)

Book Description
Sherryl Woods "The Perfect Holiday"

What was a holiday without a handsome husband? To Aunt Mae, it wasn't very festive at all! So she sent the perfect man to her single niece, Savannah Holiday. But would wealthy bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime?

Beverly Barton "Faith, Hope and Love"

After one passionate night, Faith Sheridan found herself pregnant with her sexy bodyguard's child. Now she hoped the news of their secret child would be a welcome gift to Worth Cordell this holiday--and the beginning of a lifetime of love....

Leanne Banks "A Rancher in Her Stocking"

This Christmas, spirited schoolteacher Amy Winslow was sharing a home with a ruggedly handsome rancher! Now if only she could teach tight-lipped Lucas Bennett that the holidays were meant to be merry. And that he was made for love!

A Cowboy Christmas ($3.83), by Janette Kenny

Book Description
One Starry Night

Reid Barclay doesn't have time for Christmas, not with trouble brewing at the Crown Seven Ranch. He's got prize thoroughbreds to protect and a long-ago wrong that he wants to make right. But the beautiful cook who's taken over the ranch kitchen is a welcome distraction, even if Ellie Jo Cade burns everything from gingerbread to roast beef. Her sweet face and womanly figure are pure temptation...

Cornhusk angels...bright berry garlands...spun-sugar snow--everything about Christmas holds fond memories for Ellie Jo. She's doing her best to make peace with an ornery wood-burning stove and make the old ranch house truly festive. All she wants is to believe in Reid...and the only-at-Christmas magic that makes hearts glow...

Cowboy Christmas ($4.32), by Carol Finch, Elizabeth Lane & Pam Crooks has nearly the same title and the same setting, but this one is an anthology.

Book Description
Twelve days of Christmas--three heartwarming romances!

A Husband for Christmas by Carol Finch

To reassure her overprotective parents, Victoria Thurston must convince the town marshal to be her "holiday husband." But the magical, festive air--and Tori's luminous green eyes--make it very difficult for Logan Daniels to keep to their marriage in name only!

The Homecoming by Elizabeth Lane

Brooding rancher Clay McAllister paid his reckless brother's dues in a tough Kansas jail. Now Clay must win back his beautiful wife, Elise. And, after three years apart, some yuletide passion is just what Clay and Elise need to reignite the fire that still smolders between them....

The Cattleman's Christmas Bride by Pam Crooks

With her reputation cruelly slandered, Allethaire Gibson is forced to flee to the snowy Montana mountains. There the dazzling socialite unexpectedly finds a Christmas romance with a man who has fought for respect just as she has--rugged cattleman Mikolas Vasco!

A HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT ($3.19), by Leigh Greenwood, Lisa Kleypas & Lynsay Sands

Book Description
I Will by Lisa Kleypas
When a Georgian bluestocking is propositioned by a rakish noble, she finds the unlikely deal he proposes is the gift of a life time.

Three French Hens by Lynsay Sands
A twelfth-century scullion gets a chance to play a lady's maid -and win the true love of an impoverished lord.

Father Christmas by Leigh Greenwood
Delivering a young widow's baby during the holiday season transforms the heart of a lonely drifter in the nineteenth-century Arizona Territory.

Mistress Christmas: Wild West Boys ($2.80), by Lorelei James, is for those looking to something a little warmer for Christmas (from Samhain Publishing, complete with content warning).

Book Description
All signs point North for not-so-Saint-Nick... A part of the Wild West Boys series.

In a rare moment of recklessness, mild-mannered accountant Holly North lets her best friend guilt her into filling in as Mistress Christmas at Sugar Plums, a Christmas-themed strip club. Fearing she'll be recognized - or worse, considered a fraud - she dons a velvet mask along with the Mrs. Claus-meets-dominatrix costume. She's shocked at how deliciously wicked anonymity feels.

Detective Nick West is determined to discover how his friend was supposedly robbed after a lap dance at Sugar Plums. His visions of revenge vanish faster than a flying sleigh upon his first peek at Mistress Christmas - a leggy brunette with smoky eyes and a lush mouth begging for hours beneath the mistletoe.

Their attraction flares hotter than a fireplace on a cold winter evening, and Nick is only too happy to oblige when Holly blurts out her one Christmas wish...

For a naughty secret Santa to sweep her away for a night of anonymous sexual pleasure.

Warning: This erotic comedy contains naughty holiday innuendo, creative use of garland, sexy love scenes hot as spiced cider, a heroine as sweet as sugared plums, and a wildly romantic hero with a great big-candy cane.

Three Free Books from Samhain

Samhain publishing has been having some of their books as free downloads in the Kindle store for several months and recently at Books on Board. No word yet if they plan to do the same this month, but I did find three books on their website that are free to download and in multiple formats, so that all ebook readers can try them out. Maybe they've decided to skip the retailers completely this time? In any case, make sure you check out the warnings from the book descriptions (included here, but not on the download page), before downloading.

Last Chance, My Love ($4.40 Kindle), by Lynne Connolly, was free in the Kindle store last February, so some of you may already have it hiding in your archives. This is the first in the Triple Countess series.

Synopsis
What if you're in love -- but you can't make love?

Miranda and Daniel, Earl and Countess of Rosington, are in love, but for the past five years their love has been purely platonic. Because if Miranda has another child, she will die. Daniel resolves to take a mistress, one who will understand the purely physical business arrangement, but when Miranda discovers his plan, she can't bear it. So Daniel's brothers scheme, and Daniel finds himself on the losing end of a wager.

Daniel and Miranda must pose as a simple innkeeper and his wife, forced to work together to save a failing business. Their masquerade brings them into temptation, their searing desire for each other threatening to ruin their good intentions, but it also brings danger, in the presence of the brutal father of a young girl who turns for them for help.

Can Daniel and Miranda save themselves, their protege and their marriage?

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex.

Seeing Eye Mate ($3.60 Kindle), by Annmarie McKenna, is one I haven't seen available for free before. This is the first in the Mates series.

Book Description
He's a shape-shifting wolf, she's a psychic and his other half. In order to catch a killer he has to rely on his Seeing Eye Mate. Caelan Graham is on the hunt for a shape-shifter bent on killing female mates. As Prime, it's Caelan's duty to protect his entire pack, so it's a good thing he doesn't have a mate of his own to look after right now. Too bad the most alluring female has just walked past his nose. As a clairvoyant, Tieran Jones has given up on men and their lack of understanding her gift -- until Caelan. The man ignites her passion, sets off a vision of a gruesome wolf attack, then shows up in her bed. In wolf form. To top it all off, he keeps insisting she's his mate.

When the attacks continue, Tieran's visions evolve and point in one direction. Caelan's twin brother. With a lack of physical evidence, Caelan must depend on Tieran's sight for clues. An act making her a prime target.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, and violence.

Truth and Consequences ($4.40 Kindle), by Linda Winfree, has also been free in the Kindle store, this time nearly a year ago, in October. This is the first in the Hearts of the South series.

Book Description
For undercover FBI agent Jason Harding, coming face to face with the grown-up version of his adolescent dreams is a nightmare. Kathleen Palmer sees him as a despicably corrupt small-town law officer and a murder suspect. Trapped in a web of his own making, he must see his mission through to the end and bring down the crooked cops who've run Haynes County for decades. To do so, he must betray the only family he's ever known and fight his growing love for Kathleen, a relationship that could get one, or both of them, killed.

Determined to uncover the truth, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Kathleen struggles with her attraction to the one person who's awakened her since she buried her heart and emotions in her son's tiny grave. Listening to her heart could destroy all she has left in life - her career and reputation. When the truth about Jason's identity surfaces, they both face unimaginable consequences: Jason may lose his life and Kathleen the man she loves.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, violence.

Click HERE for the free downloads.

Free Romance and Erotica

My Soul to Lose ($2.39 Kindle), by Rachel Vincent, is currently free in the eHarlequin store. This one has DRM, so won't work on the Kindle. There are three different formats, the Mobipocket version will work on other mobi devices that support DRM, including Mobipocket Reader on your PC. You'll have to create an account and register the PID before you download the book.

Book Description
It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed and it's the worst day of her life.

Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit.

She tries to convince everyone she's fine--despite the shadows she sees forming around another patient and the urge to scream which comes burbling up again and again. Everyone thinks she's crazy. Everyone except Lydia, that is. Another patient with some special abilities....

An eBook exclusive prequel to Rachel Vincent's SOUL SCREAMERS series.

Get a free copy of the book HERE.


The next two of these are short reads or novellas and in the PDF format. Ericka Scott's Mail Order Mama is set in the 1800's and is a Christmas story, of sorts.

The Hustler is a group effort by a group of authors on the Slash & Burn blog (which probably isn't safe for work viewing). This is definitely in the erotica category (gay, M/M), so not for everyone. Get the PDF HERE.