New Release from Savannah Stuart!

Unleashed Temptation – Available Now from Ellora’s Cave
After finding out her boyfriend has been cheating on her with her boss, Carly decides her life needs a makeover. She trades in her winter coat for a bikini and heads south to Miami, Florida. Almost as soon as she arrives, she falls in lust with the sexiest man she’s ever laid eyes on. Too bad he’s her new boss.

Alpha werewolf Nick gave up hope of finding his mate a century ago. When sexy redhead Carly comes to work for him, she disrupts his entire world. Although he desperately wants to come clean about what he is, he keeps running into problems. Like the fact that an ancient enemy has set his sights on Carly. Nick discovers he’ll go to any lengths to keep her safe. Even if it means losing her in the process.


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Chachbag!

So my dear friend Gwen Hayes, fabulous author and all around really cool chick, had something very strange happen to her this past weekend. Scott Baio lost his goddamn mind on her. For all the fun details, go here:

http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/teachable-moment-someones-new-twitter-addiction-is-running-amok/

And because he so clearly wants to be recognized for his esteemed opinions and eloquent way of speaking about the President of our country (and his crazy people CAPSLOCK RAGING at an author who simply had the gall to unfollow him), Dear Author and everyone we can connive into it, are going to give him that recognition. His very own word. Behold:

Chachbag

also chach bag

Function: noun

Alternate Form(s): chach bagger

Pronunciation: chah-ch bahg

1. an individual who has little-to-no sense of humor and perceives threats to his reputation at every social media corner.

2. a grain

Example of usage: “If that idiot tries to call me out for not following them, I’m going to lose it. What a chach bag.”

Synonyms: douchebag, tool, halfwit, D list celebrity

Antonyms: Ron Howard as Opie

Related entries: See also Chach Block

Etymology: From Scott Baio’s behavior on Twitter wherein he threatened to sue a romance novelist because she unfollowed him on Twitter due to references he made about President Barack Obama being a “shitfuck” and other sundry remarks.

It even has it's own webpage!

chachbag

You're welcome, Scott! :)

New Release!

Did you enjoy our story "Exposure" in Dreamspinner Press's Sindustry II anthology? Then you'll want to pick up the new anthology, Games In The Dark, which features part two of the Art Of Exposure series, Maximum Exposure! Click HERE to buy!

It’s been two weeks since Angel Ferrara and Sebastian Case exploded into each other’s lives and exposed Angel to a world of submission and domination he never knew existed. Sebastian, an experienced Dom, decides it’s time his new lover got a safeword and his first real taste of exactly what being with him means.

Sebastian thinks Shibari, the art of erotic Japanese rope bondage, is perfect for him, but Angel’s not so sure he can give Sebastian what he wants. The vulnerability and intimacy of it are almost enough to send him running for the Vegas hills.

But Sebastian’s been leaving him wanting for days, and that safeword thing is grating at his ‘never back down’ pride. Can Angel learn to bend for the man who makes him want to give him anything, or will the pressure be too much and put an end to a relationship that’s just begun?

Maximum Exposure is the second in The Art Of Exposure series, 7 short stories featuring Angel and Sebastian and their road to discovery and passion. Future installments will release in the months following, including the story Northern Exposure in Dreamspinner's Holiday Advent Calender. Then, in early 2010 those, as well as four new, previously unreleased, stories in the series will release in a print and ebook collection. Stay tuned for more information!

New Release with Dreamspinner Press

Haunted by Your Soul, Triquetra Trilogy #2

Heartbroken by the death of his vampire lover, Jacob Corvin finds himself embroiled in the intricacies of vampire hierarchy. He is consumed with rage after Kristair's torment and death, and when The Syndicate returns he is more than ready to personally destroy every one of the power-hungry vampires.

That anger and pain cannot be soothed, because before he disappeared, Kristair transferred all his memories and a piece of his soul to Jacob. So as hard as Jacob tries to move on— he can't. Kristair's heart still beats in his chest, and Kristair's memories whisper to him.

As he gets dragged further into a war between the vampires, Jacob starts to believe he's losing his mind. Those whispers and a feeling of Kristair's presence are growing within him, and he starts a desperate struggle to retain his own sense of self and sanity. But Kristair is not so easily silenced when he's determined to return to where he belongs.



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Contest

In honor of "Haunted by Your Soul" coming out on the 7th I'm running a contest for either a copy of that or the first book in the trilogy "My Heart is Within You." The winner's choice.

It's a scavenger hunt, since I haven't done one of those on the blog yet. The answers can be emailed to me at margueritelabbe@gmail.com and all the answers can be found on the covers for the three books.

1. Name two pieces of jewelry that Jacob is wearing. Lol, there's a bonus if you get all three.
2. Describe two of the tattoos on either Jacob or Kristair. Another bonus if you can point out how the tattoos are different on the two men.
3. What's the title of the third book?
4. What's the background object in all three book covers?

The person who emails me with the highest score by 12:00 on the 7th will get their choice of the book they want either as an e-book or print. Good luck!

Progress update!

For those interested readers, I thought it'd be handy to give a rundown of what Margie and I have coming in the next few months. There's quite a bit, we've been busy bees!

September 7th, Book 2 in Marguerite's Triquetra series, Haunted By Your Soul, releases with Dreamspinner Press.

Mid-September Taking Chances releases with Amber Quill Press, featuring the stories 629 Miles To Love, Fortunate Son, The Mask He Wears and the novella Entanglements, for the first time in paperback all together!

October 15th, part 2 of our Art of Exposure series (begun with the short story Exposure in the Dreamspinner Press anthology Sindustry II) will be released in the Dreamspinner Press anthology Games In The Dark. Our contribution is titled Maximum Exposure and features the same characters from Exposure, Angel and Sebastian, as will all the other parts of the series.

In December, part 3 of Art of Exposure, titled Northern Exposure, will be released as part of the month-long Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar, which features a different holiday themed story every day for the month of December.

Next year we already have quite a bit scheduled as well. The final four stories in Art of Exposure will be released, along with the previous three, in its own print and ebook collection in March 2010.

We also are thrilled to say that our book Bee Among The Clover, as well as its previously unpublished sequel Lotus In The Wild, are scheduled to be released with Dreamspinner Press in February and April, respectively. We'll keep you posted with excerpts and cover art, which we're VERY excited about!

Also, in January, the final book in Marguerite's Triquetra series, Our Sacred Balance, will be released with Dreamspinner Press.

So that's what we have in the lineup so far! We're very excited and hope you guys are too!

When I turned the corner

I can’t remember when I first decided I wanted to be a writer, I think I was 11. I do, however, remember when I decided this was it, I had found the story that was going to do it and I was going for it, balls to the wall. It wasn’t even my idea, not the beginning kernel anyway.

My very good friend who I’d been writing with just for fun for about 2 years had come up with a vague idea for a 5th century angst-ridden erotic romance for her 2005 NaNoWriMo novel (I’d never even heard of NaNo before then and thought she was nuts for trying it). She dropped out of NaNo on day 3 with about 2 pages written. She sent those pages to me and poof, there showed up the second main character on my desk demanding I get him in that story NOW. I love Marguerite, but I knew if I didn’t get in on it and crack the whip that story would never get written and it was too good, too insistent to let die.

So I begged, I wheedled, I coerced and I bribed…okay, it really didn’t take that much, it was more like “Margie, if you don’t want me to horn in on this idea tell me right now, otherwise I’m getting ready to write the next section.” She didn’t tell me not to and so our professional collaberation (and my professional writing career) was born. That book is only next spring going to see real publication (Bee Among The Clover, as well as its sequel Lotus In The Wild, coming spring 2010 to Dreamspinner Press), but it was the impetus to everything that’s happened in between and everything that’ll happen in the future.

New ebook release & paperback release!

On sale now at Amber Quill/Amber Allure Press!

Entanglements by Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe

Friends. Lovers. Realists. Up and coming rocker, Ben Copeland and struggling actor John Calder have an unspoken understanding. Mutual pleasure, no strings attached, no demands made, not to mention chemistry so scorching it needs a warning label. For over a year they've sexed their way from one coast to the other and Ben's beginning to think he might just have found the key to a perfect 'relationship.'

Except now John's gone and fallen in love. Ben's career is finally skyrocketing and the last thing he wants or needs in the complication of too many dangerous emotions. John's not one to take no for an answer, though, and when the 'Scottish Don Juan' puts his mind to something, even a man like Ben had better look out!

On sale now in ebook form (click HERE to purchase a copy and read an excerpt), coming September 2009 in the paperback collection Taking Chances along with three other stories by Fae and Marguerite!

Also today! Letting In The Light by Fae Sutherland is now on sale in paperback at Amazon! Click HERE to purchase your print copy!

Excerpt Monday!

I hope to make this a monthly thing, so check back each month for new excerpts and snippets of new releases, upcoming releases and maybe a work in progress or two!

To see more excerpts from other talented writers, click HERE, where you'll find 44 other participants in all genres and heat levels for your reading pleasure!

Today's excerpt here at the Den is from my newest release, Letting In The Light, on sale now with Amber Quill/Amber Allure Press in ebook form, trade paperback edition coming mid-month! Click HERE to read another excerpt and purchase!

About Letting In The Light:

When Rowan Lee arrived in small, liberal Privincetown, he heard tales of the eccentric, brilliant, possibly insane Finnegan Clark. A world-famous mystery writer, Finnegan's been to the top of the bestseller list more times than anyone can count. It's about the only place he goes, sequestered away in his mansion by the sea.

Enter Rowan. The free-spirited lovechild of aging hippies, Rowan believes all anyone needs is love and when he makes a delivery to Finn's mansion and meets the man himself, it's infatuation at first sight. Not to mention lust. Never mind that Finn's twice his age and snarls at him more than he speaks to him.

All Rowan wants is to make the world a better place, one person at a time, but all Finn wants is to be left alone. Sparks fly, and if Rowan can't break Finn's walls down, he'll burn them down...one sizzling encounter at a time.

Excerpt:

Rowan sighed as he stood under the shower, letting the water sheet over him. He always thought too much in the shower, but what else was there for his mind to do, really? Naturally for the last forty-eight hours, his mind kept returning to Finnegan. More specifically, what had happened that morning.

The blunt dismissal had stung, he’d admit it, but mostly it’d bothered him because it made him think how lonely Finn was. How long had it been since anyone had been nice to him just for the sake of being nice?

Alright, so maybe Rowan’s motives weren’t exactly pure. He was attracted to the man beyond belief. Not just physically—there was something about him, under the gruffness and rudeness—that called to Rowan. Finnegan was lonely as hell, and Rowan had the thought he was a bit like a schoolyard bully. He was mean and nasty and pushed people away so he didn’t get too close and end up being hurt.

Or maybe that was just his hippie-loving nature talking and Finnegan was just a plain old asshole.

Jake would say he was just an asshole, had said as much when Rowan had shared the encounter with him. Of course, Jake also said Paris Hilton was more than just a pretty face, so Rowan wouldn’t exactly take his friend’s opinions to the bank.

After shutting off the water, Rowan stepped out and wrapped a towel around his hips, a second scrubbing at his hair as he tugged open the bathroom door and stepped out into the hall.

“Rowan!” Jake’s voice called from the living room. “Phone’s for you. I left it on the kitchen counter. Some guy.” There was a teasing tone that said Jake thought Rowan was getting a booty call. Understandable, considering it was nearly midnight on a weekday.

Rowan padded into the kitchen, glancing through the archway into the living room. “Thanks, Jake.” He grabbed the cordless and hurried back to his room, shutting the door and leaning back against it. “Hello?” How long had whoever it was been waiting while he showered?

“Rowan.”

His knees knocked together a little. He couldn’t mistake that voice. Deep, gruff, it was the kind of voice that pretty much defined the word 'gravelly.' “Finnegan? How did you get my number?”

“Called the bakery and your friend Jodie gave it to me. No one calls me that, you know. Everyone calls me Finn.”

Rowan smiled, pushing away from the door and walking over to his messy bed to sit down. “I’m not everyone.” There was a heavy pause and Rowan tilted his head. “Hello?”

“Would… That is, are you busy?”

“No. I just got out of the shower…why?” For some reason he didn’t understand, Rowan’s heart began to thump hard in his chest.

“You could come over now. If you want. I was rude this morning. Again. My cook is out of town, actually.”

Rowan wasn’t sure whether to be speechless or laugh. He was coming to the conclusion Finn didn’t apologize very well. He’d acknowledge his mistake and that was sort of his way of saying he was sorry. Rowan could accept that.

“I’m fresh out of coffee, Finnegan.”

“I don’t want your coffee.”

Rowan couldn’t help himself. He had to ask. “Then what do you want?”

Another of those heavy pauses. “You.”

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Enjoy and come back next month for another installment of Excerpt Monday!

Newest Release!

When Rowan Lee arrived in small, liberal Provincetown, he heard tales of the eccentric, brilliant, possibly insane Finnegan Clark. A world-famous mystery writer, Finnegan’s been to the top of the bestseller list more times than anyone can count. It’s about the only place he goes, sequestered away in his mansion by the sea.

Enter Rowan. The free-spirited lovechild of aging hippies, Rowan believes all anyone needs is love, and when he makes a delivery to Finn’s mansion and meets the man himself, it’s infatuation at first sight. Not to mention lust. Never mind that Finn’s twice his age and snarls at him more than he speaks to him.

All Rowan wants is to make the world a better place, one person at a time, but all Finn wants is to be left alone. Sparks fly, and if Rowan can’t break Finn’s walls down, he’ll burn them down...one sizzling encounter at a time...

On sale NOW at Amber Quill/Amber Allure Press! Click HERE to read an excerpt and buy a copy! Trade paperback edition coming mid-August!