Review: Spanking Lady Willow

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Spanking Lady Willow

Author: 

B.L. Bonita

Release Date:

February 21, 2011

Publisher:

Noble Romance

Word Count:

approx. 12,000

Purchase Links:  

Noble Romance

Author's Website:

http://www.blbonita.net

Description:  

Divorce has never been so sweet . . . .

Sasha Borden is about to be a free woman. After years of vanilla sex with a distracted husband, the decision was obvious to end their marriage. If they can't find pleasure in their marriage bed, what else could they possibly have? Left with few options, Sasha decides to join the underground sex club, Sinful Epiphany, where strangers meet at a masquerade for a night of flesh-filled fantasy.

But what if the plan backfires, and the stranger gives her more than she ever bargained for? Will one night of stripped inhibitions lead to a lifetime of happy wife/happy life, or something more sinful?

Babs' Review:

Review: Double Take

Publisher submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Double Take

Author: 

Kerri Nelson

Release Date:

March 11, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 16,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://www.kerrinelson.com/

Description:   

After growing up the laughing stock of the town drunk and humiliated by the hottest guy in school, Kennedy Wolfe planned on never stepping foot in Greece, New York again.

Now a highly decorated agent for the FBI, Kennedy learns of the abduction of her best friend from high school.  The news comes just days after the invitation to her class reunion was received and tossed.

Despite her better judgment, she can’t resist the urge to take on a case that would show her classmates once and for all what she’s really made of.

Damon Divine is the unbeatable District Attorney and he’s dead set on finding those responsible for abducting his twin sister.    But when the beautiful Agent Wolfe comes to town, he knows the kidnappers won’t be the only ones on her hit list.

After all, standing up a girl on senior prom night is not something she’s likely forgotten.

Deniz’s Review:

Cover Art Bonanza!

Ashlynn Monroe shares her cover for her novel, Pray for Me.

Ashlynn says: I like this cover because the story has the traditional gothic vampire feeling.

Gabriel put his faith in his God and his king…That was centuries ago.  Harley is proud of her heritage and when she has the chance to give her hometown historical society a boost by booking an eccentric Swiss expert, she has no idea she booked someone who actually lived the history.  Immortality is a long time to have a broken heart.  Unable to stop himself, Gabriel draws the brilliant historian into his life.  Harley discovers far more than Gabriel ever expected about history, his history!  A quest to give Gabriel an answer to an old question will introduce them to the danger of a new enemy.  Is love enough when your love wants you body, soul and blood?

Pray for me is published by Wicked Ink Press and it's the 1st story in my Templar Vampire Series.  http://www.wickedinkpress.com/product_info.php?products_id=38&osCsid=9b526ba0b8b1ca97260aba70f12de5a6

Authors, send your cover art to onehundredromances (at) gmail (dot) com, along with purchase links and tell us what it is you love about your own cover!

Review: Love Tattoo

Publisher submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Love Tattoo

Author: 

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy 
Release Date:

March 18, 2011 
Publisher:

Evernight Publishing 
Word Count:

approx. 39,000 
Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 
Author's Website:

http://leeannsontheimermurphywriterauthor.blogspot.com/

Description:  

One unexpected late night encounter and one titillating kiss detours Cara Riley from reaching Nashville for her last shot at a singing career and lands her in Memphis.

Dark, mysterious truck driver Will Brennan oozes sexuality and Cara finds herself drawn to him. He brings her to a higher level of sensual pleasure than she even imagined could be possible. As their relationship explodes into something real, she learns he has more than a few quirks-he sleeps by day and prowls by night.

At his home-a castle-nestled in a wooded area just outside Memphis, she learns just what his sweet love tattoos really mean and must decide if she wants another. Whether or not they find their happy ending is all up to Cara.

Brandi’s Review:

Cover Art Bonanza!

Leah Marie Brown shares her cover for Silence in the Mist....

Leah says: Here is the cover art for my novel, Silence in the Mist, available July 7, 2011 in e and paperback form.

It was designed by Amanda Kelsey and I adore it.  Silence in the Mist is a historical novel with strong romantic elements, loosely based on a real-life counter-revolutionary spy.  After her family is murdered by an angry mob, Francoise Despres vows vengeance and dedicates her life to the counter-revolutionary cause.  Narrowly escaping the guillotine on several occassions, she evades capture and inspires her compatriots with her zeal.

I read about the real Francoise Despres years ago, after finding a dusty old book in a Paris bookshop.  I was enthralled by her tragic story and impressed by her bravery.  Her actions - so unorthodox, given her background and setting - seemed spectacular to me.  I knew I had to write a fictionalized version of her life and love.

I think Amanda captured the romance and danger of the era.  I appreciate that she focuses more on Francoise than on her romance, giving emphasis to her strength.

My novel is being published by Eternal Press and is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

Authors, send your cover art to onehundredromances (at) gmail (dot) com, along with purchase links and tell us what it is you love about your own cover!

Cover Art Bonanza!

I'll get the ball rolling by sharing my own cover art and why I like it.

I wrote a romance from the male perspective. Therefore, in my mind, frills were not an option. I wanted simple, bold, and something decidedly unfeminine. Obviously, considering the title, I couldn't have a yellow cover, right? When I filled out the questionnaire from my publisher regarding what kind of cover I wanted, I was adamant that I did not want a strapping young couple gracing the image, because Drew and Kris, the main characters, are simply not the type to lounge around and show off their abs and cleavage. They're normal people, not models. So what I asked for was a shot of a small town scene, since I consider River's View, the setting of Drew In Blue, to be a character in the story, too.

I rather enjoy the simplicity of the cover. I was surprised by the font combo used for the title, but I thought it fit well. Sooo, behold my boy romance cover!

--Joey

(Drew In Blue is available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance, and OmniLit)




Authors, send your cover art to onehundredromances (at) gmail (dot) com, along with purchase links and tell us what it is you love about your own cover!

Review: Strip For Me

Publisher submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Strip For Me

Author: 

Amarinda Jones

Release Date:

March 4, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 14,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://www.amarindajones.com/

Description:  

Rett Cameron is stranded in Resort City without a cent to her name. She wants to go home to Australia but how does she do that without money? When one of the locals offers to pay her for her sexual services, she’s stunned. Sex with strangers? For money? Or is there more involved? 

Hamish Clark, the local strip club owner, has a suggestion for Rett. Strip for me and I’ll pay you. The minute he saw Rett he wanted her. He soon discovers she has other needs than just money. But Hamish has a problem. Not all women like him. One wants him dead. 

Joey’s Review:

Ebook Covers: A Love/Hate Story

I've been thinking today about book covers, after a surreptitious visit to Barnes & Noble to attempt to drop a few business cards in the romance section. (Success level: Fair. Too many bored employees asking me if I needed help. Business cards had to be snuck back into pocket.)

Print book covers make me a little jealous. There's a lot that is present in them that isn't present in ebook cover imagery. I mean, those of us who publish electronically get a jpeg image. There's no shot at cool things like texture, raised lettering. Maybe something glittery, if you're into that kind of thing. Personally, I'm a sucker for covers with a little texture. I don't know why, to be honest.

Ebook cover art can be a little suspect, at times. Artists may have their hearts in the right place, but still produce a cover that leaves you scratching your head in confusion over the final result. My biggest moment of confusion? Trying to figure out why anyone in their right mind would slap a golden retriever tail on a girl on the cover of a paranormal book I viewed online once. 

So, I thought it would be a little fun to have a Cover Art Bonanza here on The Project. What do you think? Let's discuss some of those small-press and indie eRomance covers.

Authors, email us your ebook cover art, and tell us why you love it, and why it suits your story. Email an image and purchase links and include a paragraph about why you stamped your seal of approval on that cover, and we'll share it on a future post. Contact us at onehundredromances (at) gmail (dot) com and use a subject line of Cover Art Bonanza!

Until the covers start to come in, a little question to discuss in the comments below:

Readers, ever find a small-press or indie eRomance online that had cover art that stopped you in your tracks? What was it about the cover art that ultimately drew you to the story?

Also, what elements of ebook cover design might negatively affect your decision to purchase an ebook?  (Let's keep this portion to general commentary and not single out any particular book/author out by name or title. I know I'd cry if someone blasted my own ebook cover art on a blog.)

--Joey

Review: Banish The Dragon

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Banish the Dragon

Author: 

D.L. Robinson

Release Date:

January 8, 2011

Publisher:

Melange Books

Word Count:

approx. 86,000

Purchase Links:  

Melange Books

Author's Website:

www.risforromance.net

Description:  

Forced to choose an English bride, Simon Radcliffe marries the beautiful Katherine Maguire but it’s his cousin Jonathan who saves Katherine, time and again, from ravishment. Months later, the marriage annulled, Katherine travels from Seven Oaks Plantation to Carlyle, New York, where she finds love and Jonathan Radcliffe, slayer of dragons.

Joey’s Review:

Review: The End of Night

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

The End of Night

Author: 

B.L. Bonita

Release Date:

January 31, 2011

Publisher:

Liquid Silver Books

Word Count:

approx. 21,000

Purchase Links:  

Liquid Silver Books

Author's Website:

http://www.blbonita.net

Description:  

Can a woman cursed find true love?

Liv Erichsen is destined to become a spinster. After the body of her second fiancé is discovered on the jagged rocks below her cliff-dwelling estate, she's labeled The Black Bride. No man would dare fall in love with her again and risk being her next victim until a mysterious and arousing gentleman arrives at her door.

A liar and a womanizer, Mason Davidson's reasons for being at Valhalla Estate are not to redeem himself. Then again, he's never met a woman quite like Liv before. She's strong, passionate, and fit to drive him crazy with lust. But how can he make her accept him for more than a casual fling when he arrived for the wrong reasons and a crazed killer is watching? 

 

Laura’s Review:

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Review: Reality Stinks

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Reality Stinks

Author: 

Ashlynn Monroe

Release Date:

February 2011

Publisher:

Wild Horse Press

Word Count:

approx. 19,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

All Romance

Author's Website:

http://ashlynnmonroe.com

Description:  

When Dina’s wellspring of reality television program ideas runs dry, she’s desperate to save her job. The only way she can do that is to come up with something brilliant; I Want to Date a Superhero. 

Unfortunately, the only superhero she knows is Zane Blair. He’s the only man she’s ever loved. Comedy hijinks ensue when you combine one reluctant bachelor, ten attention seeking woman, and one very evil super villain for reality TV.   

Joey's Review:

Review: Feels So Good

Publisher submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Feels So Good

Author: 

Berengaria Brown

Release Date:

February 18, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 13,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://berengariabrown.webs.com/

Description:  

Yasmin meets Pearce and VJ in the trailer park at Resort City. She’s traveling until she runs out of money, when instead, she runs into the two yummiest men she’s ever seen. She’s never had ménage sex before, but with these two men it’s bound to be excellent.

 
 The sex is awesome, but when she witnesses a robbery, the men become possessive, demanding and over-protective. Will this be the end of her sex odyssey? Or will she be forced to teach them a lesson?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Fairy Flavor

Publisher submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Fairy Flavor

Author: 

Anna Keraleigh

Release Date:

March 2, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 45,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://annakeraleigh.weebly.com/

Description:  

The fairies are going extinct. The trolls are trying to take the land for their own nefarious purposes and King Carrick, ruler of the fairy kingdom, has found a human mate. Now he just has to convince her to stay amidst the chaos.

Brook finds herself in love with a fairy, as if that isn’t strange enough, she’s kidnapped by the trolls and asked to be queen of this fantasy kingdom. Her heart screams approval but a man named Valen and some deadly trolls stand between them.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Moon of Ripening

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Moon of Ripening

Author: 

Diane Davis White

Release Date:

January 2011

Publisher:

DCL Publications

Word Count:
approx. 110,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://www.dianedaviswhite.com/

Description:   

When Lakota warrior Thunder Heart, who is destined to be a leader of his people, saves the lives of two white women during Red Cloud's War, he places his family and, indeed, his entire village at risk. Can Thunder Heart keep these women safe?

Will his act of compassion cause the death of his family?

Will his people demand the abandonment or death of these women in order to avoid the wrath of the Bluecoats or perhaps that of Red Cloud?

Uncertain of the outcome, he knows only one thing: He desires the pale-haired beauty, Victoria Abernathy, and will do anything to insure her safety.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: The Cowboy Wore Tartan

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The Cowboy Wore Tartan

Author: 

Diane Davis White

Release Date:

February 17, 2011

Publisher:

DCL Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 60,000

Purchase Links:  

DCL Publications

Author's Website:

http://www.dianedaviswhite.com/

Description:  

When the Texas Branch of the Macdonald Clan meets up with the Inverness Branch of the Campbell's, it could be Glencoe all over again. Except the Cowboy, Tav Macdonald is instantly smitten with the Scottish Lass, Nessa Campbell. Though Nessa is smitten as well, she keeps a cool, aloof demeanor as befitting a properly brought up Scotswoman, and keeps him at arm's length until he decides it's time to take the reins and backs her into a wall—literally—while kissing her senseless.

Thought their wily old grandfathers' have a business scheme that includes them at least pretending to be engaged, the pair have ideas of their own. Sparks fly and feelings run the gamut from tender and sensual  to angry and silent, then back again as these two beautiful people clash then mesh in ways that will make the reader melt, guaranteed.

Brandi's Review:

Review: Lauderdale Hearts

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Lauderdale Hearts

Author: 

Johnny Miles

Release Date:

January 18, 2011

Publisher:

Loose ID 

Word Count:

approx. 38,000

Purchase Links:  

Loose ID

Author's Website:

www.johnny-miles.com

Description:  

Blake Hudson has everything. The perfect job, a penthouse apartment, and killer abs. But when he suffers a heart attack at 39, he realizes something is missing from his life and wonders if being career-oriented was just another way of saying workaholic.

When his doctor suggests he take time off from work, Blake puts it off. He's got too much work as a new partner in New York City's hottest advertising agency and he's about to land a multi-million dollar account. But his employer pulls rank and surprises him with the keys to his own house in Fort Lauderdale, the Venice of America.

With Ricky Sanchez, a smoldering Latin hunk, Blake discovers there truly is more to life than working 24/7 and making money. There are places to visit, things to do, and steamy sex to be had anywhere their imagination will let them. But all vacations must come to an end. What will Blake choose when the agency calls him back to babysit his coveted multi-million dollar account?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Possession

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Possession

Author: 

A.D. Blackburn

Release Date:

February 2, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 35,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing

Author's Website:

www.adblackburn.com

Description:  

In the epic battle between Heaven and Hell, there are angels and demons…and then there’s James.

Tall, dark and deadly, James Gunn is the President of the Diabolus Venator motorcycle club, a group of one time outlaws turned gun-toting, sword-wielding, ass-kicking demon hunters. His no-holds-barred style of dispatching hell's darkest minions has earned him quite the reputation, but when he fights a low-level demon that warns him that his soul is in danger, he laughs it off…until he discovers that they mean to steal his heart to obtain it. When James realizes that a high-ranking demon has marked him for a prime spot in hell, he pulls out all the stops to protect the one thing he loves more than his own soul— his girlfriend, Maddy.

What James doesn’t count on is that this particular demon knows a little bit more about the art of possession than the average minion and he’s forced to make the ultimate choice between the love of his life or his own soul.

Joey’s Review:

Review: Talk To Me

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Talk to Me

Author: 

Cassandra Carr

Release Date:

March 2011

Publisher:

Loose ID

Word Count:

approx. 56,000

Purchase Links:  

Loose ID

Author's Website:

http://www.booksbycassandracarr.com 

Description:  

Radio producer Jamie MacMahon is in over her head with ex-hockey player-turned host Drew Milan. She’s attracted to the man who earned the nickname “the Beast” during his playing days from the moment they meet, but he’s her boss and she loves her new job. She’s made plenty of mistakes with men and loathes the thought of being yet another plaything for Drew, a man who sleeps with women but doesn’t date them.  

Drew doesn’t want to lose a great producer and knows Jamie deserves a real relationship, but can’t stay away from the sizzling chemistry they create every time they’re together. Jamie’s insecurities and the very real prospect of having to leave a great job if this thing doesn’t work out, coupled with Drew’s fears about opening his heart and the possibility of losing his first competent producer clash.

Babs' Review:

Thank Yous and Updates

Well, we have wrapped up our series of Featured Authors for now. When I first put out the call, I didn't anticipate such a great response. I just wanted to send out a tremendous thank you to all the authors who generously gave of their time to appear on The One Hundred Romances Project, for sharing their love of reading as well as writing, and for offering insights that are so invaluable to aspiring authors out there.

For authors who have submitted review requests: If we've accepted your book for review, I promise, we are working through the reads. If you're awaiting response to a request, you'll hear from us shortly. That pesky need for sleep, work attendance, and WIP writing can get in the way of our desire to sit around and read all day long.

And God, if you could give me either a few more hours in a day and/or unlimited internet access when I'm at work, that would be peachy. Thanks!

Review: Sunny Days, Moonlit Nights

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Sunny Days, Moonlit Nights

Author: 

Jean Joachim

Release Date:

February 8, 2011

Publisher:

Astraea Press

Word Count:

approx. 42,000

Purchase Links:  

Astraea Press

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.nowandforeverbooks.com/

Description:  

Caroline Davis White is a well-known artist married to a philandering multi-millionaire. She has everything any woman could want except love. Brad refuses to give her the divorce she so desperately wants.  With no money, family, or friends, she flees to the Catskill Mountains where she spent her summers as a child.

Mike Foster achieved success and made more money than he could ever have dreamed, but it destroyed his marriage and cost him his son.  He is wary of women who find his wallet more attractive than his good looks.

Caroline reconnects with the life she had and friends from long ago. Mike steps out of her teenage dreams into her life again, looking more handsome and tempting than ever. She knew who he was then…but who is he now?

Joey’s Review:  

Featured Author: Ashlynn Monroe

 It's Friday, and it's April Fool's Day. No pranks from us though. Instead, take a gander at our final interview in our Featured Authors series. We wrap things up with author Ashlynn Monroe, here to discuss her story, Pray for Me....