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Showing posts with label Love is in the Air. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love is in the Air. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Naugthy Lovers Contest Winner
And the winner is...
Melissa J from Gurnee, IL. Congratulations, Melissa! You'll be receiving an email from us shortly. We hope you enjoy the Kindle full of great books!
Happy Reading,
The Naughty Literati
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Sometimes a Fantasy #romance #LoveIsInTheAirAntho #NaughtyLovers
Fantasies make the world go round!
I don’t mean sexual fantasies, not really, though those are fun, too!
But regular old garden-variety daydreams can be just as much fun, in their own way.
I’ve always been drawn to the entertainment industry and have worked both with actors and musicians in various capacities over the last several decades. As a very shy person, I wasn’t always as drawn to the stage as I was drawn to behind the stage.
But there is a little part of me that always dreamed of performing. I got a very cool chance to sing backup for Meat Loaf (alongside some other fans) for his Storytellers appearance in the ‘90s, but my clip didn’t make it to the performance, though I can hear myself on the DVD.
So when I first heard about Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, I was fascinated. Regular people like you and me can play music with rock icons in a camp setting, and then perform live at the end of the camp. Sounds like a pretty incredible experience, doesn’t it? I haven’t done it yet, but it is on my wishes and dreams list.
As I pondered plot ideas for Naughty Lovers, I started to get intrigued by the idea of a musician and a camper meeting up at one of these, their chemistry undeniable. And that was where Renaissance began.
Kira McGrath fronts a tribute band, and while she enjoys it immensely, she wants more from her music career. Her bandmates don’t take her songwriting seriously, and she’s at a crossroads. Should she continue on her current course, or should she try to break out and do some solo work, performing her own songs.
Kira’s especially excited to attend the camp because she’ll be working with Novell Vinge, who is a hugely successful writer in her world. At the last minute, though, Novell has an accident and has to drop out of the camp. There’s been no news of his replacement as of the start of camp, and Kira is very unsettled.
It just gets worse--or better!--when she learns that Sage Daniels will be the replacement counselor. See, Kira’s tribute band is called Cats by Day, and they’re a tribute band that plays the many hits of Nocturnal Lions, Sage’s band.
And to complicate things even further, the sexual chemistry between Kira and Sage is off the charts.
Uh oh!
Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Will Sage look at Kira as an equal? Will Kira look at Sage as an equal?
How will they make beautiful music together?
You don’t have long to find out!
As for me, I still haven’t done a fantasy camp, but I’m hopeful that I'll do one some day!
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Dating just doesn’t come easy… #romance #LoveIsInTheAirAntho #NaughtyLovers
I’ve
yet to meet a woman who’s come out of a long-term relationship and is squealing
ecstatically because she has to start dating again. Think of it: Instead of
snuggling with the man of her dreams, she gets to worry about her every bulge,
zit, wrinkle (you pick the imperfection) so she can wow a new guy who may turn
out to be Prince Alarming rather than Charming.
Dating
is highly overrated. As far as I’m concerned, it’s for masochists.
With
that in mind, I wrote The Ride of Her
Life, my erotic romantic comedy and contribution to the Naughty Lovers: Love is in the Air spring
anthology for Naughty Literati.
In
my story, Maddy’s a young professional who’s been too busy working to date. Hooking
up with a guy at her office is out of the question since they’re all married
and cheating. In other words, they’re turds. Since she’s not into bar hopping
(a whole other story), she decides to try speed dating. IMO, that’s worse than
signing up at an online dating site where rejection is at least impersonal.
Granted,
I might be prejudiced about this because I’ve never been a guy magnet and I’m
also horribly shy. When I was a freshmen in high school—all girl Catholic—boys
were nonexistent in my life. An equally shy friend suggested we go to a dance
at a boys’ school to get some action. LOL. That dance was pure awful, even
worse for me than being the last one reluctantly chosen for the volleyball team.
At the dance, I kept praying a guy would at least talk to me. Even if he was my
idea of Freddy Krueger, I didn’t want to be the only one passed over like a moldy
donut. Being shy, there was no way in hell I was going to approach anyone. I
swear that night stretched for what seemed like decades. Never again, I told
myself.
AMAZON
In
The Ride of Her Life, Maddy gets cold
feet too and debates whether she should cancel. Before she can, her Uber-like driver
Ben shows up to take her to the hotel. Talk about the earth shifting and angels
singing. Of all the ways to meet Mr. Right.
I
had a blast writing The Ride of Her Life.
Here’s the blurb:
He was only
supposed to give her a simple ride…
Maddy’s
so desperate for fun, she’s signed up for speed dating. Ew. The only thing
worse than a cattle call for romance is if none of the men is interested in
her.
She’s
ready to ditch the event when Ben, her ride, shows up. Tall, dark, dangerously
sexy, he’s an adjunct professor by day, driver by night, needing to haul in
those extra bucks.
Maddy’s
not complaining. Verbal foreplay and a traffic jam put the ride on ice, giving
them a chance to heat things up. Soon, they’re ditching her original plan for a
soft spring night of wicked romance where they’ll break all the rules and then
some.
About Tina:
Tina is an
Amazon and international bestselling novelist in erotic, paranormal,
contemporary and historical romance for Kensington, Samhain Publishing,
Ellora’s Cave, Siren Publishing, Booktrope, Luminosity, Decadent, and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites
have praised her work. Three of her erotic novels (Freeing
the Beast, Come and Get Your Love, and Wicked
Takeover) were Readers' Choice Award winners. Another three (Adored, Lush Velvet Nights, and Deep, Dark, Delicious) were named
finalists in the EPIC competition. Sensual
Stranger, her erotic contemporary romance, was chosen Book of the Year at
the French review site Blue Moon reviews. The Golden Nib Award at Miz Love
Loves Books was created specifically for her erotic romance Lush Velvet Nights. Two of her titles (The Yearning and Deep, Dark, Delicious) received an Award of Merit in the RWA Holt
Medallion competition. Take Me Away and Adored both won second place in the NEC RWA contest (different
years). Tina is featured in the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before
penning romances, she worked at a major Hollywood production company in Story
Direction.
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