Best Movie January to February, 2015?

So, I installed this new polling plugin for WordPress and, of course, I had to try it out.

Vote my hearties, vote!

Prymal Passion Q&A and Giveaway at The Romance Reviews

Prymal_Passion-Jianne_Carlo-200x320The Romance Reviews is celebrating their third Anniversary!

Check out my Q&A at The Romance Reviews:

http://www.theromancereviews.com/event.php

And you can win a free copy of Prymal Passion!

Here’s a list of the amazing prizes The Romance Reviews is giving away:

First Prize:$100 Gift Certificate and ebook

Ebook sponsored by: Vagabondage Press: The Vicar of Wrynbury by Nancy Moore (ebook)


Second Prize: 
$70 Gift Certificate and ebook

Ebook sponsored by: Vagabondage Press: Undiscovered Country by J.M. Beal (ebook)

Third Prize: Gift Certificate, Ebook and Print books (US/Canada only): $10 GC sponsored by: Loose Id

Ebook sponsored by: Vagabondage Press: Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior by Charlotte Rains Dixon (ebook)
Print books sponsored by: XOXO After Dark:
Ripped by Katy Evans
Her Unexpected Hero by Melody Anne
Falling for Jillian by Kristen Proby
The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel
After by Anna Todd

Click here for a full list of prizes: http://www.theromancereviews.com/event.php?prize=1

Have a terrific Tuesday!

 

Devil Released!

I’m thrilled to announce the release of Devil, Book#4 of the Hades Squad series!

Devil is my fourth book released for 2015—I’m on a roll!

Here’s the blurb for Devil and a teaser excerpt:

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Blurb:
The last person Devil expects to see in a BDSM club is the best friend of his buddy’s new wife, Jessica Blaine. The all-American apple pie woman he wants so badly it’s her face he sees every orgasm for the last nine months.

Is she playing? Exploring?

Tough, she’s on his turf now, she’s put herself up for auction, and by God she’s his for the night.

Jess is scared spit less. She’s going to suck off the man who may have killed, Aung, the college student she mentors who vanished three weeks earlier. When the wrong man, a masked stranger, wins the auction, she has no choice but to proceed. Horrified when she not only responds to the masked stranger, but climaxes, Jess flees.

Devil lets her go fully intending to reel her in. His way.

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Excerpt from Devil, Hades Squad Book#4:
In this scene Devil’s just discovered that Jess, the woman who’s bedeviled him for the last nine months, went to a BDSM club with one of her famous macho clients.

Jess pushed the food around, swallowed a couple of sips of OJ, and peeked at Devil’s scowling face. He ate with efficiency and his lips held the pucker she associated with lime and salt after a tequila shot.

“Are you going to sit there and glower at me for the rest of the meal?” She wiped her lips with the paper napkin. “You have no reason to be angry with me.”

“No?” His fork clanged onto the plate. “You go to a sex club with another man, and I’ve no reason to be angry?”

The front door slammed open.

“Morning boys and girls.” Demon halted on the first step, jammed his hands onto his hips, glanced from Jess to Devil, and groaned. “What the frick’s going on? How did you two go from nauseatingly lovey-dovey to World War III in a span of less than six hours?”

“Shut up and eat. We have to be at HQ in forty-five.” Devil jabbed a fork at the counter. “I made extra.”

“I’ve told you before. It’s better not to eat than to eat angry.” Demon ambled to the kitchen. “Can you two not kiss and make up? Fast?”

“Devil’s being entirely unreasonable. And I agree with you about the eating angry bit.” Jess speared a clump of scrambled eggs.

“Unreasonable? Unreasonable? Go ahead. Tell him why I’m being fricking unreasonable.” Devil chomped down half a slice of toast.

Fighting the urge to duck the salvo of darts shooting from Devil’s eyes, Jess snorted. “He’s pissed because Tom Gordon went with me to Bacchanal. For crying out loud that was three weeks ago. And it’s not as if you and I were dating then or anything.”

Demon’s jaw dropped. He shot an imaginary gun to his temple. “You went to a sex club with another man? And you think Devil’s being unreasonable? Holy crapola. Tell me that’s not the Tom Gordon she was being kissey faced with in the papers?”

“That’s it.” Jess lurched to her feet plate and cutlery in hand. “I so do not understand you two. I was going to a sex club for heaven’s sake. I needed some moral support not to mention someone to explain to me what those gadgets on the walls were for. Tom’s famous for his suspense books on sexually deviant serial killers. Who better to ask for advice?”

Devil shot out of his chair. His knife jumped three inches. “You had him explain things to you?”

This was so not the time to mention the shibari lesson. If he even suspected that Tom had given her an overview of the ancient Japanese art of erotic bondage —  he’d hit the roof. Still, Devil had no right to be mad at her.

“I repeat. You and I were not involved three weeks ago. Tom is a friend. And FYI, Mister Demon Seed, that photo-op in the papers showed two people having dinner and smiling at each other. And I am in the room. Do not refer to me as if I’m not here.”

With that she scraped all the food into the trash, dumped the utensils into the sink, and stomped out of the room.

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Hope you enjoyed!

Have as Superb Sunday!

Cheers,

 

Jianne

Hunk/Hump Day!

Now that I have five Hades Squad covers, all the work of the uber-talented Georgia Woods, I had, had to show them off all side by side. What better day than hunk day!

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I looove these covers!

And since it is hump day as well and I looove the GEICO camel ads, here’s one for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmlK6xodMLk

A quick reminder about the Night Owl Reviews Find Your Next Great Read Scavenger Hunt! Here’s the link and a list of prizes:

NOWL SCAVENGER HUNT MAR 2015

 

Enter to win a $500 Amazon Gift Card!

Join the Night Owl Reviews

Find Your Next Great Read Online Scavenger Hunt!

 

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Have a Happy Hump Day!

Cheers,

Jianne

Welcome to the Night Owl Review’s Find Your Next Great Read Scavenger Hunt!

Welcome to Night Owl Review’s Find Your Next Great Read Scavenger Hunt, which runs from March 1 to March 30th!

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The whole notion of the scavenger hunt intrigues me. How do you decide which book is a fabulous read?

After attending many romance conferences and talking to a ton of avid readers, I’m still confused as to the answer to that question.

I’ve met people who devour one genre and one genre only. There are those who have three or four favorite genres and those that care nothing about genre, but more about the authors voice. These guys have a core of authors they support and will not deviate from those writers no matter what.

Many readers tell me they hate complicated plots (stay away from my books if you fall into that grouping—I looove a good mystery) and want a simple HEA start to finish. A great many fall into the if-I-don’t-cry-it’s-not-a-great-book faction. Still another troop have to laugh out loud to call a novel one of the best. Some won’t read anything but alpha heroes, others prefer Amazon warrior women.

For me, some of the oldies are the books I go back to time and time again. Here’s my list of great reads (and not in any particular order):

Pride and Prejudice & every book by Jane Austen
Only Mine
Jane Eyre
MacKenzie’s Mountain
Gone With The Wind
Outlander
Whitney My Love
Flowers From The Storm
It Had To Be You
Midnight Angel
The Flame and The Flower
Come Dream of Me
Devil’s Club
Son of The Morning

And those are just the books that popped into my mind right away. The list goes on and on…does yours?

What makes a book a great read for you? Do you have faves that you return to time and time again?

It’s March and there’s definitely going to be a Freebie Friday this month—heck who knows—maybe more than one *wink wink*.

So, stay tuned for some quirky surprises!

Cheers,

Jianne