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End of the BBP Online Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:20:00 +0000

Well yesterday was the last day of the Book Bloggers and Publishers Online Conference and it was such a blast! Since I was working from 9AM to 5PM during the weekdays I wasn't able to participate in any of the panels except a few during the weekend but it was very much fun to join in the chats that were going on at night after all the panels were done.

Terry Kate of Romance in the Backseat hosted most of the panels with the help from Jackie of Literary Escapism as well as Jessica of Novel Reaction and Manda Kay of Manda Reads. There were many interesting panels that were hosted from Wednesday, April 13th to Sunday, April 17th which were 5 days packed with panels, live chats and lively discussions in the forum for all the bloggers, publishers and several authors.

The audio panels that where hosted on TalkShoe will be up for a month before they are taken down from the Ning but Terry may put them up exclusively for BBP members on a private blog. Well I had a wonderful time and I can't wait until next year when I hope that Terry Kate will be hosting the next Book Bloggers and Publishers Online Conference for the 3^rd year in a row.

Book Bloggers and Publishers Online Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:58:00 +0000

Bloggers and Publishers have the same goals, to bring in readers. This Conference is to discuss what is working online to promote books and what we can do better. How can we work together and with authors to bring readers online? What are Publishers goals in working with Bloggers? What are Bloggers and Reviewers looking for? Join us for panels, discussions and giveaways. This is the 2nd annual Book Bloggers and Publishers Online Conference that is hosted by Terry Kate of Romance in the Backseat as well as several other book bloggers.

How the Conference Works: This is a five day online event that will feature TalkShoe Discussion Panels and open Forums for more inclusive debate on subjects raised. Attendees can listen to panels live or using the links provided at a later more convenient time. The Forums will remain open and those speaking on the panels will be in the forums afterward to answer questions. The Forums will be held in a private Ning for the Conference.

Registration Information: The Conference is open to Publishers, Bloggers, and Industry Professionals. There is a $45 registration fee per person. The Conference will be held on a private Ning that will be opened on April 5th allowing Attendees to profile their companies and leave questions for the live panel discussions ahead of time. You can find more updated information on the conference and panels by going to the Book Bloggers and Publishers Online Conference blog.

For Publishers: The Online Conference runs from April 13-17 and features forums, live chats, and audio panels. We would love to have you take part. There are a few ways your publishing house can participate.

Registered Houses can feature themselves in the forum and set aside a time to chat with Bloggers interested in working with them.
We are looking for contributions of books to giveaway to attending Bloggers. All titles received from the Conference will be featured in a post with the possibility of a review on each Blogger's respective site.
The panels will be announced January 1, 2011. We will be filling in panelists shortly thereafter.

For Bloggers: The Online Conference runs from April 13-17 and features forums, live chats, and audio panels. We would love to have you take part.

Listen live or to pre-recorded panels.
Take part in online discussions regarding the panels as the occur.
If you are unable to attend at the scheduled time, the recorded panels will be available for listening for one month, so listen at your convenience.
Learn what publishers are looking for.
Learn new tricks and the latest blogging and vlogging tips.
Meet other Bloggers who share your same dedication, excitement and frustrations.
Every Blogger attending will receive free books from the attending publishers.

I hope everyone can attend this year but don't worry if you can't be there because we all hope to see you at next years Book Bloggers and Publisher Online Conference.

B&N.com and their use of Argix Direct & the USPS

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:50:00 +0000

So can you believe it I'm blogging again in the space of 2 days. Well I just needed to rant my frustation out to someone today about why I am seriously thinking of never ordering online from Barnes and Noble since they are now using this delivery service called Argix Direct which uses the USPS to deliver the packages. The USPS lately has been very bad in deliverying my packages from both Barnes and Noble as well as from other people which is not good at all. I use to get all of my packages delivered on time when it was scheduled to be delivered when they use to use UPS all the time to get their packages to their customers. Don't get me wrong I love Barnes and Noble but they are really getting horrible in their customer service since the Nook came out. I will be going to the post office and complaining about not getting my package when they say it was delivered with a notice left to pick it up. I never got a notice about picking it up and the time they said they delivered it my mom was at home and nobody rang the doorbell to deliver the package.

Well wish me luck about getting my books back from the post office because otherwise I will be asking for a full damn refund from Barnes and Noble who have already charged me for it.

It's a New Year and a New Me!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:24:00 +0000

This is a light blond me.
Can you tell the difference?

So I know that I have been a very bad girl and haven't been a good blogger or book reviewer since I haven't posted anything since October of 2010 and it's now almost February 2011. Ever since I got my first job at Modell's Sporting Goods store I have been very lazy about posting my reviews of the books I've read when I use to post them all the time previously. Also for the new year I dyed my hair a light blond color that most people say looks better on me than my natural dark brown hair did because this color makes me look like less pale so that it gives me a tanned look.

Now it's 2011 and I want to get back to being the book blogger and reviewer that I use to be so though it going to take some time I will be posting my book reviews on all the books I've been recently reading. I recently got a NOOKcolor for myself as a Christmas present so I've been reading a lot of eBooks as well as the print books that I can't help but still buy to read. I've also taken the 2011 Book Challenge that is going on Goodreads and I have set myself up to read a goal of 600 books this year.

I've recently found a lot of good authors that I've decided to add to my wishlist on my NOOKcolor for when I have enough extra cash to buy them. I hope to one day get all the books on my NOOKcolor wishlist but it going to take time since I'm paid minimum wage at my job and the hours they give me as a part-timer isn't all that great with all the taxes taken out. I hope when I finally do my first taxes this year that I will be getting at least 10% of my gross pay which was about $4,000 though my mom tells me I'm only dreaming.

Okay so I'm rambling on and on about nothing really but it's been a while since I've blogged and I'm trying to get the hang of things again. I recently read Teresa Medeiros newest release Goonight Tweetheart and loved it so much that it finally got me completely into Twitter and TweetDeck which even though I have a Twitter account I never really used it like others do. Now I have TweetDeck downloaded on my PC and the app for my iPhone 4 so I have an organized view of all the tweets I want to know about. I also now know a bit about how most of the authors I follow on twitter mange to keep everything organized with their Twitter accounts and such.

All right now another thing that I want to get back to doing is hosting my live podcast show where I interview romance and young adult authors. Though that might be a bit complicated to do since Blog Talk Radio on February 1, 2011 will be making all free hosts limited to one, 30-minute show per day during non-primetime hours. That totally sucks big time and the only way to fix that is to upgrade to a paid plan which is so damn expensive that I just want to delete my account immediately but I don't since it's still a pretty good set up.

My author website was reviewed!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:20:00 +0000

So on Saturday, October 23rd my author website was reviewed by the website 1^st Turning Point. I had submitted my website for review a few months ago when they started that section of their website and I finally got to read one of their reviewers feedback. I was excited to read it and see that the reviewer, Detra Fitch, gave me 4 Parrots in total with a lot of feedback on what she thought was good what she thought I needed to change a bit to make it better. Here is a quote from her review:

Phoebe Jordan’s website is very well done. It is professional and pleasing to the eyes. If her site is any example of how good her stories will be, then she has a bright future as an author!

If you want to read the entire review and maybe even leave a comment on what you thought of her review you can read it by clicking here!

I moved and now I'm adjusting!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000

As many of my loyal readers have guessed I haven't been very active with posting book reviews, author interviews or author guest blogs these past couple of weeks. I posted that I got a job during the summer and it's been taking a large part of my time that reading my books for pleasure doesn't. Then at the beginning of October my mom and me had to start packing all of our stuff because we were moving into a new apartment that we would be sharing with my grandmother and one of my aunts. So all this month I've been dreading moving because I have almost 2,000 books to pack and try to find out how I'm going to get them all situated into the new apartment with out getting rid of any that I couldn't live with out.

Well I'm finally moved into the new apartment and I know that it will take a very long time to adjust to it. I don't have easy access to the internet right now since I have to share the DSL with my aunt's desktop computer since we don't have wireless right not though we are trying to work it out. So I wanted to warn everyone that I'll try to post book reviews as soon as possible because I have read a few books that I need to review soon. I will also be keeping up wiht what I'm currently reading on Shelfari, Goodreads and Barnes & Noble if anyone is interested in following me on there.

Stroking a Brazen Lust

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:05:00 +0000

It's Here! If you liked book 1 and 2 don't miss the next installment in the Brazen Sister Series. And don't forget to check out The Brazen Sister Series Facebook Page.

Stroking a Brazen Lust

Brazen Sisters 3

Cover Art by Jinger Heaston

Categories: Erotic Romance, Contemporary

Word Count: 56,740

Heat Level: SIZZLING

Published By: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc.

[Siren Classic: Erotic Contemporary Romance]

Francesca Brazen is working the night shift when her brother-in-law's sexy foreman checks into the lodge. She has trouble hiding her interest in him. Can she get involved with a man she doesn't know? After finding him naked in the hall, she's willing to give it a try. A no-strings affair with a guy who will be leaving town in three weeks will be the craziest thing she's ever done.

Hal Cummings checks into the lodge, wanting to do nothing more than spend the next three weeks visiting with his buddies and avoiding his stepmother. He needs a few weeks where he doesn't have to make any decisions. Not hearing his stepmother harp about him settling down and having kids is a big bonus. Meeting Frankie sends that plan straight to hell. Now all he wants to do is spend it in bed with her.

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Keta Diablo's "Where the Rain is Made" next Blog Tour Stop!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:02:00 +0000

Today I'm hosting Keta Diablo on her wonderful Blog Tour for her current erotic romance Where the Rain is Made. I'm happy that she has stopped by to answer some very interesting interview questions that I had such a fun time reading and I'm sure you all will too. And to find out more about the CONTEST where you can win a free eBook read the bottom of the interview.

On your website you break your backlist into two categories: "erotic" and "m/m" romances. Which do you prefer to write? Is one genre easier to write than the other?

I’ll say the male/male novellas are quicker because they’re not full-length novels. The erotic romance is almost always full novels. And there’s more research with the historical romance. I enjoy writing both because of the variety and the different lengths, but if you really pinned me down I’d have to say I’m really fond of reading and writing historical romance.

How did you start your writing career?

Dust and Moonlight
Keta Diablo

The first book I wrote was a sensual historical based on a real-life event in my family history. Not too long after that first book I began writing erotic romance and like I mentioned above added Gay fiction. Several years ago I wrote an erotic fantasy romance called Dust and Moonlight and I really enjoyed writing that genre too. I hope to do another fantasy/time travel one day. More information about Dust and Moonlight (Amazon Kindle) here.

What is the best book you've read in 2010? What upcoming 2010 book release are you most looking forward to reading?

I absolutely loved The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne and hope to get to the other books in the series soon. I think she’s a wonderful writer with an amazing grasp of plot and character depth. Like many authors, I don’t have a lot of time to read so I have to be very selective in what I choose. I’ll often read the reviews and ask around if I’m on the lookout for a new book. My TBR pile AND TBR list is huge. I still have book sitting on my nightstand that I received last Christmas and haven’t had the time to open them yet. I know, pathetic.

What are your favorite genres to read?

When time, I do read in a wide variety. Right now, I have about three books going, which isn’t unusual for me. One is a fantasy, one is a historical romance and the other is a book on writing.

Tell us about your current release.

Thank you for asking about Where the Rain is Made. My youngest son is responsible for the inspiration behind the book. About six years ago he took a keen interest in American history, particularly Native American history. I can’t tell you the number of hours we spent at the library checking out books and reading about all the different tribes. For some reason, he loved the history on the Dog Soldiers and so we accumulated a lot of documents, research articles, etc. About a year later, his reading interests shifted, and here I was with all this information about the Cheyenne. It made sense that I would write a book about the Dog Soldiers.

Aged to Perfection

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Aged to Perfection by Lauren Fraser

Blurb:

There is something so damn sexy about a younger man.

Dumped by her husband of thirteen years for the younger model, forty-year-old Rachel Michaels needs to jumpstart her life. After years of fitting into her husband’s rigid mould, she’s ready to reinvent herself, and a fling with a hot younger man is just what she needs. Her sexy landscape designer is the perfect man for the job.

Twenty-eight-year-old Mark Beaumont is fascinated by the woman in her sexual prime. She's assertive and fun, with a vulnerable core. After giving Rachel her first partner-induced orgasm, he knows he wants more than just a brief fling—he wants to help her explore everything she kept suppressed during her boring marriage.

But can he convince her that there is more between them than just great sex or will she let her fears stand in the way?

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For more info on Lauren as well as all the details about her release contest please visit her website.

Say My Name

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:40:00 +0000

Say My Name

Tatiana Caldwell

You’ve never heard the fable Rumpelstiltskin told like this…

Due to her father’s constant bragging, word of Anna Miller’s beauty and virtue piques the interest of King Thomas.

Upon taking the boasting of her father too literally, the king of Grimbros imprisons Anna and threatens to kill her and her father if she fails to spin straw into gold.

A mysterious and sensual magical being finds himself drawn to the castle—and the beautiful Anna. He offers his help in exchange for the most intimate, precious gifts she could possibly give. Soon Anna finds herself wanting far more than just his help. But he threatens to consume her and all she holds dear.

Unless she says his name.

Kiki Howell tells all about "The Sorcerer's Songs"

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:10:00 +0000

Today Kiki Howell is guest blogging about her currently released novel, The Sorcerer's Songs, which I will be reviewing on here soon. Kiki has been on the blog before for a written interview and guest blog but that is not all I got to chat live with her on my podcast show as well, TAMFA | Phoebe Jordan, which you all can enjoy listening to anytime you want by either going to Blog Talk Radio or the TAMFA Podcast's official website. Now onto Kiki's guest blog:

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I am a paranormal romance author, no if, ands or buts about it. It is mostly what I read, and about the only thing I write. I got this confirmation of that a few weeks ago when I finished writing my first story without any paranormal elements in it. I had to giggle that my heroine ended up into reading paranormal romance, and there were all kinds of references to that effect.

People ask my why paranormal romance though, and I am not sure I have a clear answer even in my own mind. It fascinates me, no it enthralls me—and I just adore the escape. Problems are different when paranormal or fantasy elements are added into the plot. As is sex, *clears throat* but that is a whole other can of worms there. LOL.

Another thing I like is that the lessons in life that we all learn, well they can become complicated by the supernatural. Just consider knowing right from wrong. If you had certain powers, the lure of using them to your personal advantage without regard to others…what a heavy weight to bear. My latest hero, a sorcerer, had to deal with that very issue on several levels.

I wrote The Sorcerer’s Songs using my husband's song lyrics to create the plot. Actually, this story started with one specific song called, The Road. Click Here if you wish to listen to the song. The lyrics had always touched me, and just scratched at me to write a story. However, there were no paranormal elements in any of the songs I used. And yet, my first thought was, what powers can I give him. Immediately I thought with music being so influential, capable of having such an effect on people, it could be used in spells too. A little research both in the psychology field and into Wicca gave me a wealth of knowledge to work with…to let my imagination run away with.

Long, Hard Ride

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:00 +0000

Keta Diablo is one of my favorite erotic romance authors and because I enjoyed her male/male contemporary erotic romance releases Crossroads, Crossroads Revisited and Crossroads Showdown, which are the first three books in her Crossroads series and her Male/Male contemporary short story, Hot and Sticky, with Amber Quill | Amber Allure. So when I got the chance to read her just upcoming Male/Male historical novella, Long, Hard Ride, with the new online publisher Decadent Publishing. I read a very intriguing excerpt on Keta's website that had me wanting to read the novel as soon as possible. The story starts off where we meet Grayson Drake and he has been sent by a covert spy agency from the South to break Marx Wellbourne out of Elmira Prison at all costs. Gray has been ordered to return Wellbourne to Richmond so the Confederate Army can pick his brain about the maps he’s memorized but Gray soon discovers Marx is courting death from malaria and pneumonia.

Ashlynn Monroe tells all about "Passion's Escapse" and "Lost Hearts"

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:14:00 +0000

It's been a while since I've had a guest blogger but I am happy to have paranormal and urban fantasy romance author Ashlynn Monroe who I've met online through the wonderful online publisher Wild Horse Press. She contacted me about reviewing a few of her recently published eBooks as well as interviewing her on my review blog, and then J.M. at Wild Horse Press contacted me about reviewing Ashlynn's debut novel, Hidden Magic. And don't forget that on Thursday, July 29th I will be chatting live with Linda on my live podcast show TAMFA—Phoebe Jordan about her paranormal and urban fantasy novels. She also has a written interview that I posted on Tuesday, July 27th if you want to learn more about Ashlynn. Now onto Ashlynn's guest blog about her 2 currently released novels:

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How I wrote Passion's Escape:

I love science fiction. My very first terrible novel that I wrote as a teen was science fiction and I’ve never lost my love of writing the genre. I love the freedom of creating worlds completely out of my own imagination. I also identify with the battle that women have been fighting since time began, to find happiness in a man’s world. I wanted Passion to be just as her name described her, a woman with heart who was not afraid to use that heart. She is the strength of every woman, that’s why I dedicated the book to women everywhere. She’s the kind of woman who can take on a life or death battle of impossible odds and still be desirable and unafraid to enjoy pleasure. She’s one of my all time favorite characters to write. This is one of the stories that I wrote this year. I started it at the end of March and I had it finished by mid-April. This story was so much fun I wrote every spare moment of the day.

My first idea came to me about a woman who had to escape her planet using skills that are not typically ones a woman has, there aren’t too many female mechanics today and in the future, I’m doubtful that this will change. I wanted Passion to be smart and brave and I wanted the men in her life to arrive during her greatest conflict. They present her a better option and she takes it. I love that about her, she’s not afraid to take a gamble. I also wanted to write a book where the girl has two simultaneous lovers, I’ve never written anything like that before and I felt that Passion was just the character to try it out on.

Interviewing Paranormal and Urban Fantasy Romance Author Ashlyn Monroe

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:26:00 +0000

It's been a while since I've done a written interview but I happy to have paranormal and urban fantasy romance author Ashlynn Monroe who I've met online through the wonderful online publisher Wild Horse Press. She contacted me about reviewing a few of her recently published eBooks as well as interviewing her on my review blog, and then J.M. at Wild Horse Press contacted me about reviewing Ashlynn's debut novel, Hidden Magic. And don't forget that on Thursday, July 29th I will be chatting live with Linda on my live podcast show TAMFA—Phoebe Jordan about her paranormal and urban fantasy novels and also she will be guest blogging about her current release here on the review blog. Now onto my interview with Ashlynn:

Phoebe Jordan: When did you know that writing romance was going to be the thing that you would do with your life? Which author inspired you to start writing romance?

Ashlynn Monroe: I started writing when I was thirteen. My cousins encouraged me (even if that first novel was awful) and I kept writing. I’ve written stories as a hobby since that time. When I turned thirty, I made a promise to myself actually to submit some of the stories for publication. Wild Horse Press was the first publisher that contacted me. Since February of this year, I’ve been writing like crazy and I’m currently contacted with six publishers and one magazine. My paternal grandmother gave me garbage bags full of romance novels in the summer and that was the root of my love for romance. I was reading them long before I should’ve.

Phoebe: Did you know what type of romance you wanted to write about or did you experiment with different genres before you chose the one that you felt was for you?

Ashlynn: I am not genre bias…I write everything! I have contracts out there for urban fantasy, dark romance, paranormal romance, science fiction romance, and contemporary romance. I even have a steam punk romance that is currently looking for a home.

Phoebe: What was the first fiction you ever wrote? And do you still have it with you?

Ashlynn: I sadly did not keep my first novel it was titled Arianna’s Circle and sadly, I can describe it as the blue lagoon meets star wars. My cousin drew me a cover for it for my fourteenth birthday, and I still have her lovely framed art, but I actually threw out all my teenage work about five years ago during some frantic spring-cleaning when I was pregnant with my youngest child.

Phoebe: How much research do you have to do for your novels and does it take you a long time to gather that research?

Ashlynn: It depends on the novel. I research places, if I’m writing about states or cities that I’ve never been to. I did a lot of research for my Templar vampire series, contracted by Keith Publications. I have a steam punk romance that is looking for a home. My steam punk romance as it takes place during the civil war. I also researched into the workings of steam engines and double-checked my historical facts about the civil war.

Phoebe Jordan's Reviews Featured Author & Book

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:36:00 +0000

Well as you may know I have a website called Phoebe Jordan's Reviews where I set up all the information that I want to share with my review blog readers and visitors about my author interviews and book reviews. Since I finally got my own domain name I set up Phoebe Jordan's Reviews on that domain name and have variously different important and informational pages up that you all might enjoy visiting. For example I have the Featured Author and Book pages that I have finally finished putting up for everyone to check out as soon as possible. There is the general Featured Author and Book where you will find 8 different featured authors and their current releases every month or so. I also have 4 different sub-pages for Featured Author and Book in Erotic Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance and Young Adult which are genres that I enjoy reading and wanted to share with others about the some authors that may or may not be new to them. If you are a romance of any sub-genre, erotic romance or young adult author and want to be featured along with your current release, Contact Me, with the appropriate information, which is your author bio and your current book title, author name, word count/page number, genre, publisher, format (print or e-book), ISBN/Price and blurb of your novel no less than 2 to 3 paragraphs.

Longing for Kayla

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:08:00 +0000

Longing for Kayla

Lauren Fraser

Blurb

After dumping her boyfriend during her birthday ski weekend, Kayla runs to the two men she can count on, her best friends, Jesse and Chris. Reckless and hurt, she throws caution to the wind and confesses her deepest fantasy—to be with two men at once.

Jesse and Chris have shared women before, but Kayla is not like other women. She knows them better than they know themselves. But what she doesn’t know is that Jesse has a forbidden fantasy of his own. When she discovers it, she encourages Jesse to go after what he wants with Chris in the bedroom, opening a whole new world to the three of them.

In love with Kayla for as long as he can remember, Chris is excited to finally have her, but he never expected to desire both of his friends. He’s straight. How the hell can he want Jesse as well? With everything changing, can these friends move beyond what they’ve known and find a way to build on the newfound love between them?

Read an excerpt

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For a release contest and more information on the author, visit her website

Sinful Intentions

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Sinful Intentions by Amy Redwood, a novel-length paranormal romance set in sunny New Zealand now out from Ellora's Cave.

A jilted bride, a wolfishly sexy stranger, one sinful attraction under New Zealand’s sun.

When Katherine finds out her fiancé cheated on her, her heart is bruised. With a mission to get her life back on track, she takes the first flight to Auckland, New Zealand. And bumps heads with a sexy stranger. Their attraction is instant, powerful and undeniable. Taking a vacation from being a good girl, she succumbs to this sinful stranger who pushes the limits of her sexual needs as he explores every inch of her body. No strings of course.

Trent seduces her…in a bed, at the beach, in a truck, against the wall…until the wolf within him lifts its head and pays attention. Suddenly, after a tiny bite, it’s everything but no-strings.

Lust's Temptation

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:52:00 +0000

Lust's Temptation

Tawny Taylor

The second book in Tawny Taylor's popular Masters of Sin series is available now in ebook formats.

Troi and Amun—one dominant, the other submissive, both alpha—are possessed by the spirit of Lust. Its dark demands have tested their will every minute of every day for centuries. And they’ve committed deviant, selfish acts to satisfy its unrelenting carnal hunger. But the guilt doesn’t overwhelm them until they meet Oriel. She is their salvation, their peace. They need her. But they don’t deserve her.

Life’s lessons have taught Oriel not to trust anyone, especially gorgeous men who will use anyone for their own satisfaction. Granted, they’re sexy. Charming. Her body responds to their every look and touch. But she can’t—won't—take a chance on them. Until she realizes she can run away, but she can’t escape from the emotions they stir.

As darkness closes in, Troi and Amun’s lives, and souls, hang in the balance. The beast will consume them if Oriel can’t accept her own dark needs and trust the two men who have stirred the decadent desires within her.

Note: This book contains same-gender sex, group sex, and various and sundry other deliciously wicked acts, committed by two very naughty boys.

Read an excerpt. Check out Tawny's other books at her website.

Got a Part-Time Job!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:12:00 +0000

Hey my loyal readers and followers! I know I haven't posted much though I have created posts that I wanted to put up for everyone to enjoy but kind of left them half done. I've been pretty busy since I got a part-time job at my local Modell's Sporting Goods store that is luckily only 15 minutes away from my apartment in the beginning of June. It only now that I've gotten less days of work so I decided to post about it today so that you all wouldn't think that I completely abandoned my review blog because I haven't. I have gotten some new eBooks as well as some print books that I'm going to be posting reviews for very soon though you have to be patient with me since I'm only one person and writing reviews is not always easy.

I'm planning to try and take some of my free time so I can catch up on all those half written blog posts and reviews that I've been meaning to get up here on the blog. I'm also very excited about my author website which I started in March of 2010 and it's completely set up now with all the information about the novels that I'm currently working on which is 1 Paranormal Romance, 1 Contemporary Romance and a Young Adult Paranormal Romance. They aren't finished yet and will need a lot of work but I hope to have them completed as soon as I can though with everything going on I'm not sure when that will be but I will keep you all posted on it. Don't forget that I also have my other websites up and running that you can find on the menu bar under the header of the website.

BookExpo America Meet the Authors Day 1!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:12:00 +0000

Well today is my first day at BookExpo America and when I woke up this morning I was very nervous since I have never been the Javits Center before and I was going there alone. I was going to meet up with Tori the Book Faery at 9AM so that we could get to the Press Registration together and then hang out until we would go our separate ways since we have different tastes. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to since I was just so overwhelmed with how big the place was and how many people there was at BEA. I didn't actually have my entire day planned out like Tori did so I didn't get to see everything that I wanted too but I hope that next year I will plan things much better now that I know somewhat the layout and the chaos of the place. So after leaving my apartment in Queens at around 7:30AM I took the E train to 34th Street Penn Station and I had to walk 5 to 6 blocks in a straight line before I finally found the Javits Center. I didn't know exactly where it was since like I said I never been there but I walked straight from 8th Avenue on 34th Street all the way to 11th Avenue and I finally found the very big Javits Center. There were so many people there that I had to stop in the very hot sun for about 5 minutes to figure out that I was in the right place as well to take out my cell phone so that I can see if Tori was on her way.

Book Expo of America!

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:56:00 +0000

Hello everyone! Today is the first day of BookExpo America that is being hosted at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. This is the first year I'm going to be at the BEA since I didn't know about it until a few months ago by my friend, Terry Kate, creator of Romance in the Backseat. I was going to go with her but since she couldn't make it back to NYC from LA this week I had to find someone else that I could meet up with. So I am going to go tomorrow with Tori, creator of the Book Faery book blog since we are both from NYC and have registered as Press to go. I'm going to be taking my Dell Mini-Inspiron 10 with me tomorrow as well as my mom's digital camera so that I can take pictures as well as videos of my time there. I will be posting them as I get them so that you all can experience it with me as I got through the various booth's that will be there. I plan to meet Cathy Maxwell, Linda Lael Miller, Alison Kent, Rachel Vincent and various other authors who are going to be at their publishers booths as well as the authors autograph signings. I'm so looking forward to tomorrow!

Wasteland: The Priestess

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:30:00 +0000

The last book in the Wasteland series, The Priestess, is out right now, available to purchase at MBAM!! Tomorrow it will be available everywhere, even on Amazon.

Damn the rules, damn the gods…even if he has to share her, she belongs to him.

Wasteland, Book 4

High Priestess Xian has followed the Path of the Peaceful Sun since she was chosen at birth. Yet the joy she receives from helping others is overshadowed by her growing belief that the world they live in is…wrong.

Nancy's Theory of Style

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:32:00 +0000

Today I'm reviewing Grace Cooopersmith's debut novel Nancy's Theory of Style that I got a review copy of. If you have read Marta Acosta's Casa Dracula series you have met Nancy Carrington-Chambers since she is friends with Milagro de los Santos. I have anxiously been waiting for this release every since I interviewed Marta Acosta on my live podcast show, TAMFA | Phoebe Jordan, in September 2009 and she gave me a bit of the details to this novel as well as the 4th Casa Dracula book. We only got a glimpse of the lively, pretty young socialite Nancy Carrington-Chambers in the Casa Dracula series but in the start of this novel we start to get a bigger picture of what she is like. Nancy has always believed that an excellent sense of style and strict attention to detail are what it takes to achieve a perfectly chic life. Nancy is a woman of certain tastes and has lived a very privilaged life though has never really received any emotional comfort from her parents throughout her entire life. After she leaves her husband who has turned their McMansion into an unlivable place she’s determined to make her event planning company, Froth, a real winner, but her new prize assignment—reinventing the turgid Barbary Coast Historical Museum fundraiser—must be spectacular in every way. Luckily, Nancy now has the perfect assistant (which her husband sent her way) named Derek Cathcart who is British, impeccably dressed, gorgeous, and clearly gay—so why does Nancy find him so attractive?

Wasteland: The Breeder

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:48:00 +0000

Eden Bradley's story in the Smutketeers' Wasteland anthology, Book Three: The Breeder, is out now! Buy it now at MBAM or on Amazon!

In 2012, the world came to a grinding halt as radiation hit from a massive solar storm. Crops died, animals perished, cities fell and humans became little more than beasts themselves. Under the threat of starvation, civility was reduced to mere memory. Only the strongest men survived, and physically weaker women and children wasted to nothingness.

Moonlight Champion

noreply@blogger.com (Phoebe Jordan) — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:58:00 +0000

I do love paranormal romances very much because the authors create this totally different world that is similar to our own world. But these worlds these authors create are filled with all these paranormal creatures that we only think is myth but are totally real in paranormal romances. I know that author Jessica Coulter Smith loves to read paranormal romances so when she writes paranormal romances are what she ends up creating. I had the pleasure of hosting her guest blog about her release Moonlight Protector, which is the first book of her paranormal Ashton Grove Werewolves series and I also reviewed it as well. I also had the pleasure of interviewing her as well if you want to find out more about Jessica's writing and about some of her hobbies and favorite authors. I reviewed her second and third book in her series fabulous series called Moonlight Hero and Moonlight Guardian for both Jessica and her publisher Wild Horse Press and what a nice read that was for me. I also had the pleasure of reviewing the sort of prequel to her Ashton Grove Werewolves series that was previously published by another online publisher but was re-issued with Wild Horse Press called, Whispering Lake.

Well today I'm reviewing Jessica's May 25^th release novel, Moonlight Champion, the fourth book in her Ashton Grove Werewolves series, which I was lucky enough to receive an advanced review copy from Wild Horse Press a few days ago. I love Jessica's novels and was happy that they sent me a copy to review because I've read the blurb for this novel a while back before it was given an official released date on Jessica's website. Since reading the first book in her wonderfully written Ashton Grove Werewolves series I have been anxiously waiting for the next book in the series to be published as soon as possible because I am officially addicted! Now we all have read about the three Andrews brothers, Cole, Gabriel and Michael finding their mates and having their happily ever after though they had some trouble along the way. But now it's their cousin Conner Tierney's turn to find his mate and have his happily ever after.