Smutketeers

“Naughty or Nice” in Under the Covers anthology, by Crystal Jordan

Dayna Sharp has the perfect job, the perfect man…the perfect life. So why is the prospect of marrying Mr. Wonderful so perfectly boring? It’s a question Dayna can’t shake when she brings her fiance home to meet her spectacularly un-boring family–and finds herself pursued by a bad-boy bearing gifts that could burn a hole in more than her Christmas stocking…

Read an excerpt here!

Come and visit us at the Samhain Cafe Yahoo loop today at 4:00PM PST! The four of us will all be there talking about our latest Samhain releases, and we’ll be giving the very first official peek at our upcoming Wasteland series!
The Samhain chats are tons of fun, and there will be prizes! Come and chat and win some goodies!
In case this is your first visit, be sure not to miss our awesome photo gallery!
http://www.smutketeers.com/gallery/

My friend, hot historical author Sabrina Darby, wrote a f**king brilliant article about bodice rippers on Romantic Inks-one of the most intelligent discussions on this topic I’ve ever read. She says “For me, the terminology really refers to any adventure so daring, so life affirming, that of course a dress at the very least must be offered up in exchange.”
If this tasty little morsel sounds intriguing, you should read the whole article. You can find it here:
http://romanticinks.com/2009/09/16/on-the-question-of-bodice-rippers/

So, today, I’m throwing a Win It Before You Can Buy It contest. Why? Because I have new books coming out. Two of them, in fact. One ebook from Samhain and one print anthology from Kensington. I have my author copies of both and thought, why not give some away?

If You Believe (eBook, Samhain Publishing)

When it comes to her love life, the name of Aubrey Mathison’s coffee shop says it all: “Bean There, Done That”. There’s only one harmless man in her life right now—the homeless one parked outside the shop. Except the crazy things he says keep coming true.

She has to laugh at “You’ll meet your soul mate today”, though. Divorce taught her that men as gorgeous as sexy police chief Price Delacroix are not to be trusted. She’s totally up for a one-night stand, but more than that? No, thanks.

Price bears his own scars from the past, but he knows instantly that Aubrey is his. How to convince her he wants more than to be her personal jungle gym? Cut her off. That means no more mattress gymnastics—until she starts seeing things his way.

Aubrey is just as determined Price’s campaign to wear down her resistance is going to fail, no matter how wickedly determined he is. Until her resident prophet spouts a new prediction: her soul mate’s life is in danger…

“Naughty or Nice” in Under the Covers (print anthology, Kensington Aphrodisia)

Dayna Sharp has the perfect job, the perfect man…the perfect life. So why is the prospect of marrying Mr. Wonderful so perfectly boring? It’s a question Dayna can’t shake when she brings her fiance home to meet her spectacularly un-boring family–and finds herself pursued by a bad-boy bearing gifts that could burn a hole in more than her Christmas stocking…

As always, I like to make it easy on you. Just comment on my post over on my blog and tell me which one you’d like to win–or tell me you’re not picky and would take either to go in both pools. I’ll draw a few random winners from the comments and will announce winners Monday afternoon.

Here’s a link to the post: http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2009/09/11/win-it-before-you-can-buy-it

I’m actually blogging on my own blog today-miracle of miracles-lol! Today’s topic, after a bit of rambling, is about first person point of view. Do you love it, hate it? Drop on by and let me know!
http://edenbradley.blogspot.com/