When World's Collide, Passions Ignite
Today begins The Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads Party – sign up, join the fun, and earn chances to win loads of prizes! There are a ton of talented authors participating and most, like me, will be donating prizes.
My Q & A day and giveaway is on June 6
Don’t worry-I’ll remind everyone a few times on that day 🙂
Have a Jovial start to June!
Cheers,
Jianne
Please join me in welcoming author Houston Havens to my blog today.
Erotic romance author Houston Havens, a former successful model enjoying an adventurous jet-set lifestyle, intrigues her readers with a mix of the past, present, and future, and sexy blends of futuristic science fiction, paranormal fantasy, and western romance, always with love everlasting. A tenacious Irish lass filled with passion and mystery hopes her sultry stories will entertain and fascinate those who dare to take the journey. She’s also a social media junkie with an award winning blog. http://houstonhavens.wordpress.com
Houston’s here to tease us with an excerpt from her latest release – Sinful Surrender. Isn’t the cover truly sinful?
Tag Line: Why be tempted by one man’s seduction when you can be loved by three?
Blurb:
Top psychic spy Fay Avalon saw too much on her latest mind traveling mission and is now on the run from her post-catastrophic dystopian government, searching for the truth and proof. She escapes but is shot down, landing in the arms of the enemy.
In Drakker and Arlo’s world, women are so rare the men have accepted a polyandrous lifestyle. When the brothers stumble upon Fay unconscious in the wreckage of an aircraft, they are immediately attracted to her. Arlo wants to keep her, but Drakker knows they can’t. They must take her to their brother Logan Abán, leader of their people.
Logan struggles with trusting anyone, even himself. When a beautiful, intelligent, and intriguing woman falls into their laps, his denied desires for intimacy challenge his need to trust the spy. He’s frustrated by romantic Arlo’s claims of her innocence. Even when pragmatic and dominating Drakker defends her as well, Logan refuses to trust his gut.
Can one woman satisfy the diverse desires of three men? Will Logan’s fears be realized by betrayal? Is Fay to be sentenced to death as a spy, suffer a fate worse than death by being returned to her government as a traitor, or will she find a new life and love as the wife of three sexy brothers?
Excerpt:
“Well, I’m not.” She could tell by their silence she’d surprised them. They obviously didn’t know a mind traveler could focus her attention in two places at once. “I’ve sent only my mind’s eye to see the target. My physical brain still works, and I’m very capable of hearing every snide remark you make.”
Drakker’s familiar snort of amusement made her smile.
“Good.” Logan’s tone was curt and without apology. “Then we don’t have to wait. Tell us what you’re seeing. Let’s get this over with.”
“I’ve taken cover behind a pillar in the government’s Combat Center. I didn’t expect to see active mind travelers here. I guess they figured I’d be by to see what they were doing. They think they’ve set a trap for me.”
“But you’re not there in the physical, so how can they trap you?” Logan asked.
“They’ve got three armed mind travelers active at this site. If they see me, they can hold my energy…trapping me there or—”
“How?”
“Logan, energy is just as physical in this dimension as it is there.”
“Can they hurt you?” Logan’s concern kissed her heart and showed he did care. The thought brought warmth to her soul.
“If they discover me here, or shoot me with the weapons they’re armed with, yes.”
“How can we protect you?” Drakker’s deep tone made it evident he was concerned as well. Her heart swelled with conflicting emotions.
“You can’t.”
“Then get out of there.”
Was that stone-hearted Logan? Her heart fluttered knowing it was him. Perhaps she could find a common ground with him after all. “Repeat that…please.”
“I said…get out of there, and don’t lead them back here.”
“No, Logan, I won’t.” She checked the other mind travelers’ locations to be sure they hadn’t moved and couldn’t see her in her hidden position. “Hmm. I’ve never seen this before, but I’ve heard about them. Oh wow, it’s cool.”
“What?”
“I’m seeing an NCR map for the first time.”
“What is it?”
She wasn’t sure who spoke. “It’s a raised three-dimensional holographic map. It shows real-life features of the land in colors and details. If you were blind, you could see it.”
“How?”
“From what I’ve heard and am now seeing, the solidity of the hologram allows your hand to move up over mountains and down into valleys. Not only can you feel the different textures of the trees, but the NCR allows you to feel the temperatures of the rivers, lakes, and oceans. If the mountain is high enough, you can feel the snow atop it.” She drew a breath. “Hmm. It’s quite apparent…when activated, those near the NCR can feel active real-time weather conditions over different areas of the map. Oh!” She giggled. “The guy I’m watching just got his finger zapped by lightning. Idiot. He can see the thunderstorms over those mountains. He shouldn’t have stuck his hand in there. From what I can see in this dimension, a blind man can even see colors in his mind when looking at this map…it vibrates the color-wave frequencies right through you. Essentially, if you can’t see, you can still read this map.”
“Great. Don’t tell me they have our mountain range up.”
“I wish I could follow your orders, Logan, but—”
“They do?”
“Yes, but the good news is they’re not focused on that area right now. I think they’re talking about an area where they think my ship went down.”
“Crap!” Logan swore as the sound of someone pushing out of a chair reached her. “Why can’t you hear them so we know for sure?”
“I can’t get close enough to hear because I’ll be seen by the other mind travelers. They’re positioned there on purpose to keep me away. Wait a minute. I see a messenger coming in. He’s reporting the fighter’s interaction with Arlo and me when we were in the valley.” She grimaced before letting out a sharp breath. “And now, they’re focusing on the mountain range.”
“Shit! I need a brandy.”
BUY LINKS:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Surrender-Psychic-M%C3%A9nage-Book-ebook/dp/B00J1RDFUU
Liquid Silver Books: http://www.lsbooks.com/sinful-surrender-p893.php
ARe:https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sinfulsurrender-1452826-340.html
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sinful-surrender-3
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-surrender-houston-havens/1118944878?ean=9781622100675
Houston’s Links:
Blog: http://houstonhavens.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoustonHavens
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And here’s Sinful Surrender’s smokin’ hot trailer!
http://youtu.be/TI3Cf_3bcpk
Hope you enjoyed!
Cheers,
Jianne
I had a fantabulous time at The Romantic Times Convention. I met so many authors that I only knew online. So wonderful to put faces and names together and to forge new friendships. Here are a few more pics from last week.
Lynn Lorenz & Sue Lyndon Parker Kincade
Sierra Cartwright & Fan
Brinda Berry Belinda McBride
Heather Graham Performing
The Bridge
Cheers,
Jianne
Caitlyn Willows – The Genius behind the Pimp Your Badge!
YAY! I’m at RT14 in New Orleans.
Here are pics from the Pimp Your Badge session early this morning hosted by Dee Brice, Jianne Carlo, Adrianna Dane (aka Darcy Abriel),Christy Gissendaner (akaRobin Danner), Becca Jameson, Parker Kincade, Tara Lain, Lynn Lorenz (aka Theodora Lane), Z.A. Maxfield, Belinda McBride, Vanessa North, and Caitlyn Willows.
We missed you Bel and hope your mom’s doing better.
Lynn Lorenz & Prize Winner – Becky
Authors Becca Jameson & Parker Kincade
What a week I’ve had.
First, there were the normal April end-of-tax-month work emergencies.
I finally resolved all of those late Saturday and decided to treat myself to a mani/pedi. The dh treated me to dinner, and I wore a new earring necklace combination. We went out to a fabulous Italian restaurant and had a great time.
The next morning the dh notices a rash around my neck. 
Two hours later, I start itching like a flea-infested gorilla.
Wonderful. A new allergy. Fine. I put on my big-girl panties and take a strong antihistamine.
On the following evening, we come home to find that our kitchen fridge/freezer’s not working and the defrosted water’s everywhere. We eat a ton of seafood. You gotta imagine the stench. Now you have to understand that our garage fridge had stopped working in January and we decided, since it’s just the two of us, we didn’t need it anymore. We call our friendly repair man and, two days and numerous coolers and packs of ice later, the kitchen fridge is working again.
Right on that day the dh leaves to visit his buddy for his birthday.
Everything’s hunky dory. I’m even looking forward to a couple of days of intense concentration on my current WIP, Torch the Wind.
Dumb me. 
I drop the dh to the airport. The traffic is ridiculously slow – it’s rush hour. The dh informs me that I’ll be going against traffic on the way back, so it should be easy.
HA!
Not only does a tractor trailer overturn on the highway, and it takes me two hours to get to my exit, but there’s an accident at the gated entrance to my community.
*Banging head on desk* Three hours later, I finally make it back home.
That same afternoon, my mom’s due to arrive from Trinidad. She flies into the Ft. Lauderdale airport and usually, her pickup’s a breeze. Actually, the last few times her plane has landed early and she’s been outside waiting for me.
Ha again!
I head to the airport with my Kindle and proceed to wait in the cell phone area for her call. An hour and a half AFTER her flight’s listed as arrived – NADA. Zilch, nothing, no phone call. I contact my sons, ask them to check her flight status. The electronic board listing’s correct. She did arrive two hours earlier. Finally, I park, go in, and find out that the whole immigration network’s down, and they’ve been processing all flights manually.
We don’t make it home from the airport until 8:30PM from a flight that arrived at 4:15PM!!!!!
Aaargh.
I did what any semi-insane woman would do in that situation. I bought a bottle of wine and a lottery ticket!
Cheers,
Jianne
