And, as always, I humbly ask that if you enjoy the read, you post a review of the book on Amazon, Goodreads, and/or BookBub. Reviews are an author's lifeblood, an encouragement to other readers to pick up the book.
So, enjoy your holidays by reading (and reviewing) a new book!
Cheers, Donna
I’m thrilled to share with you Dean and Lacey’s story. They both battled illness and injury in the past and must learn to trust as they open their hearts and their wounds to each other.
WILDE CHRISTMAS is a part of the Candlewood Falls shared-world series, a unique world of connected stories by three different authors whose characters, business, and events appear in each other’s stories. How fun is that? It’s like a literary soap opera. The Candlewood Falls books can be read in any order, as every book features a new couple who finds true love.
All Lacey Wilde wants for Christmas is to open her long-awaited bed & breakfast. When her only guest is a sexy stranger who claims her adopted Military Working Dog is his, Lacey isn’t about to lose her fur baby—or her heart—to charming Marine veteran Dean Hunter.
But the K-9 controversy is the least of their troubles. Danger lurks in the shadows of Candlelight Inn, and someone will stop at nothing to steal Lacey’s heirloom ornaments. Can Dean protect the woman he’s fallen for against a deadly threat, or will this Christmas be their last?
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Will Sam and Faith be tempted by their simmering desire or will they reverse their accidental aphrodisiac before stirring up more trouble in Candlewood Falls?
Add into the mix the only investor who can save Sam’s orchard from foreclosure—Faith’s jealous ex-boyfriend—and Wilde Orchards is about to live up to its name.
Are you tempted?
If that isn't complicated enough, romance incorporates levels of sexiness. There's usually an assumption that romance and sex go hand in hand (so to speak). But some readers enjoy detailed, blow-by-blow sexy times, others like sensual without the 'how-to' manual, and still others would prefer authors to close the door and leave it to the reader's imagination.
That's not in any way a judgement, just as I wouldn't presume to judge people who like Starbuck's coffee, which I find undrinkable. To each his/her own. These days I tend to avoid the books with a high sexual content, or if I read them, I skip over the sex scenes.
It seems I'm not the only. Fellow author Pauline Baird Jones has set up a new website for people just like me.
Welcome to Blush Free Books, a website and newsletter dedicated to building a community of readers who love exciting, action-filled, and well-written books that are hotter than the clean and sweet, but close the door on the steamy scenes.
There are communities aplenty for steamy and inspirational books, but there is an underserved group in the middle: readers who crave well-written books with all the action, suspense, excitement, and romance without the graphic sex. These stories have the edge-of-your-seat action with a hint of spicy language and some of the sexual tension not found in the cleaner-sweeter stories.
I reckon that pretty much describes my books so of course I've signed up – both as a reader and an author. You'll find a few other familiar names, like Veronica Scott, SE Smith, Kyndra Hatch, and Carol van Natta.
Blush Free Books is not just for SFR. It includes fantasy, paranormal, and crime and suspense. So, if you're like me and Pauline and find yourself skipping the sex scenes, pop on over and take a look. It's free and you can register as a reader and/or an author.
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| Cover artist Jessica Hildreth's work! |
The fifth book in my Interstellar Rescue series is available for preorder now on Amazon for a December 14 release date. Click here to make sure you get your ebook for Christmas (and for all your book-reading friends!). Check out the blurb!
One planet, two worlds. And only
Fate could unite them.
Trevyn Dar was once a Hunter of Thrane, feared throughout the galaxy as the son of the Butcher of Four Systems. But he clawed his way free of that bloody legacy to find his true path, as captain of a ship serving the anti-slavery goals of the Interstellar Council of Abolition and Rescue.
Lael Saphora is Hinarr, shapeshifter, sharing her skin with a snow cat Companion, but, like all her people, hunted, and oppressed because she lacks the telepathic skills of the genetic Thranes of her home planet. Since she witnessed the brutal death of her father as a child, Lael has been fighting for her people. She leads the Uprising against the iron grip of the Thrane Ruling Houses.
When Trevyn receives unusual orders from Rescue to seize a ship smuggling weapons for slavers, he discovers the darkly compelling Lael at the helm—no slaver, but a political prisoner, whose extradition to Thrane means torture and death. His journey to uncover what’s behind her false arrest takes him back to a home planet he had hoped to never see again, reveals an ugly conspiracy at the heart of Rescue, and rips open old wounds. But Trevyn and Lael share a common past, and only love can heal two hearts broken by an ancient pain.
King of Pain: Interstellar Rescue Series Book Five available for preorder on Amazon Now!
Hmm...I have no idea what happened in the rest of the episode, as I was busy cogitating a new story idea.
In creating the technologically advanced aliens, called the Hyboreans, I combined American and Scottish folklore. The Hyboreans are a cross between Sasquatch and Am Fear Liath Mor (The Great Grey Man).
The Survival Race is a blood sport where the last gladiator alive wins. My husband and I own a dojo in New Jersey where we teach Isshinryu karate and Ryukonkai (Okinawan weapons). Side note: sparring is great marital therapy . My training in martial arts and knife fighting adds authenticity to the Survival Race fight scenes. In RENEGADE, book 3, the female gladiator, Katana, uses an improvised weapon at one point. The techniques she uses comes directly from one of our weapons kata (a sequence of prearranged techniques).
When coming up with the name for my hero, I wanted to make sure it had the connotation of being a dog's name to drive home to the reader that he is a human pet. Rex was too obvious, so I decided on Max. I forget where the idea for Addy's first name came from, but when thinking on her last name, I looked over at a stack of videos by the TV. Titantic was sitting on top. I liked Rose Dawson's last name so Addy became Addy Dawson.
Ideas really do come from everywhere.
Authors - Where did you come up with your ideas? Feel free
to share in the comments.
She can escape her alien abductors, but she can’t escape her destiny…
or the gladiator prisoner who captured her heart.
Rookie cop Addy Dawson must escape her alien captors. Caged with a gladiator prisoner claiming to be her mate, Addy refuses to breed warriors for the Survival Race—a blood sport where the last man alive wins. No one will stop her from getting off this planet, including the sexy alpha male determined to turn her on.
Years of killing for entertainment have turned Max into a hardened beast. The only time he feels human is when at stud. But when a fiery female from his home world rejects him, her rebellious spirit awakens a part of his soul he thought long dead.
Bound together by a desire for freedom, Max and Addy will risk torture and worse to break out. But the hunted pair will never find refuge unless they can learn to trust each other with their lives…and their hearts.
*Alien abduction, Brooding alpha male, Strong heroine, Enemies-to-lovers, Stand alone book in a series, HEA, No cliff hangers.*
“Fawcett delivers a suspenseful and captivating science fiction romance. A must read for all, but especially for fans of The Hunger Games.” -Caridad Pineiro, NY Times & USA Today bestselling author with over a million romance novels sold.
Stay safe out there!
K.M Fawcett
www.kmfawcett.com
