Weekend Writing Warriors 8 Snippet Sunday

Weekend Writing Warriors is a great way to find new authors, get snippets of your favorite authors' works, and get sneak peaks of upcoming books. Visit the link, and thanks for your support.

Here's another snippet from book 1 of Diamond series, Diamonds Aren't Forever. In this installment, Peyton gets an up close and personal with Thierry, the other half the brother duo.

 “Hey there, bébé.” He huffed softly. “I been waitin’ to do dis for hours.” He rubbed his sensuous lips over hers.

 His eyes lit up like a black light, beckoning. She felt his large hand splayed between her shoulder blades while the other cupped the back of her head, pulling her closer, molding her body to his, swooping in for another kiss.

 Where Sebastian’s lips demanded Thierry’s coaxed. Where Sebastian’s tongue devoured, Thierry’s skillfully searched. Where Sebastian’s tongue dueled with hers, Thierry’s teased and taunted, drawing her in. Snap, now she was lusting after both men.

Diamonds Aren't Forever is a romance, erotic, mfm mystery. Book 1 sets up the mystery that continues throughout the series.

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Temptation Tuesday

Let me first say, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I wrote a Thanksgiving post on my other blog, so if you're in the mood to count your blessing, please feel free to read and leave a comment.

Now, Temptation Tuesday wouldn't be complete without a little something sweet. I know you're going to indulge this week. If you've been dieting, you only have a few more days until you can dig into a feast.

Here in the south, we eat dressing. A mixture of cornbread, dried sage, chicken stock, and eggs cooked in the oven until golden brown. I prefer stuffing. I'm not talking about the kind put inside the turkey cavity. That's just gross. But, bread cubes, fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary, maybe some dried fruit along with the chicken stock. It really is tasty.

My favorite items are cranberry sauce, and dessert. I will forgo eating dinner to get my hands on both. Yes, I'm a canned cranberry sauce fanatic. I've had fresh, and I like it, but I grew up on canned cranberry sauce. I wouldn't change it for anyone.



I know you're wondering what all this has to do with temptation? Well, I hope the blurb below gets you going. And just think, if you stick to that diet, you may grab the attention of a hunky man, or men in this case, like Sebastian and Thierry.

“Dieu, you’re beautiful,” Tee said, taking a step back. Peyton tucked her chin into her chest, embarrassed by Tee’s words.

“None of that chère.” Bastian’s finger tugged on her chin. His mouth covered hers in a sensual kiss.

Suddenly Peyton’s feet left the floor. She squealed, but didn’t have time to settle in Bastian’s arms as he gently dropped her on the bed.

\"Pooh.” Peyton pouted up at her lover.

“Tee’s waiting for you, chère.”

Peyton glanced over her shoulder. Her tongue darted out, wetting her suddenly dry lips at the sight. 
Tee lay there looking like a marbled god. His chiseled chest, lightly furred, gave way to granite hard abs.

Diamonds Aren't Forever is a romance, erotic, mfm mystery. Book 1 sets up the mystery that continues throughout the series.

Diamonds Aren't Forever  On sale Thanksgiving Day. 

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Wewriwa - 8Snippet Sunday

Weekend Writing Warriors is a great way to find new authors, get snippets of your favorite authors' works, and get sneak peaks of upcoming books. Visit the link, and thanks for your support.

Here's another snippet from book 1 of Diamond series, Diamonds Aren't Forever.  In this snippet Peyton kisses Sebastian (at this time she doesn't even know his name) to keep her family from finding out the reason he's in her home. 

Merde, she wound her leg along the outside of his thigh, rubbing it like a cat in heat. How had this gone from a simple kiss to sex standing up in seconds? He didn’t really care.  

“Mon Dieu, I need you now.” He spoke through their kiss. Never breaking contact with her mouth, he lifted her, wrapping her legs around him. Cupping both hands beneath her heart shaped ass, grinding his erection into her weeping pussy.

“Yes.” His deep voice reverberated through her like a tuning fork. 

Coughing from the doorway stopped him cold.

Looking up, he saw four pairs of amused eyes on him. His eyes fell on the woman in his arms. She felt right, too right. But like her home, something was off. His eyes narrowed. She’d only kissed him after they arrived. Why? 

Diamonds Aren't Forever is a romance, erotic, mfm mystery. Book 1 sets up the mystery that continues throughout the series.

Diamonds Aren't Forever  On sale Thanksgiving Day. 

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Firday Feature - Amy DeLuca/Patrick

Amy is a two-time Golden Heart finalist (2013 and 2014) who writes Young Adult fiction as Amy DeLuca and Contemporary and Fantasy romance as Amy Patrick.  Her books have won and finaled in many RWA chapter contests, and she is the author of the 20 SOMETHING series. 

I couldn't have given her a better introduction. I was pleased when she asked me to review the series. And I must say, she definitely earned those awards. 

The 20 Something series begins with the novel Channel 20 Something. Mississippi girl, Heidi Haynes, has come home to hide. Well, she did that in the first semester of college, and now years later, she's still hiding in her hometown. Her only outlet is her job at WPLM New station until the new sportscaster, Aric Serrano is hired by the station. Not only does she have to contend with being the weekend anchor, but working closely with Aric. Add into the mix and ex who's hoping to marry her, and a family, who's all up in her business. 

But, that's not all these series have to offer. If you've ever wondered about working as a journalist, or in the news business, Amy delivers a lot of details, and makes it sound interesting.  

Add in two best friends who have your back in every situation and this series is worth reading. 

The series name, 20 Something suggests the news station where it all began, but you can factor in the ages of these young men and women and it adds a whole new meaning as well. 






Book 2 in the series is Mara's story. Heidi and Aric are off on new adventures and so Mara heads home to Providence, a definite career boost, but also to take care of her mother, who suffers from depression. 

All is well until she runs into her ex, Reid Mancini, who happens to be a billionaire. Since she left Providence Mara's motto is to date only himbo's. The term was new to me, which, incidentally, was thrown out in book 1, so I was curious. And I found out a himbo is a gorgeous, but not too smart male. A male bimbo if you will.

That leaves Reid off her radar, but that's not the only reason. Mara too is running scared of a real relationship, and she has her mother to thank for that. Her mother's 'words of wisdom', not, has had Mara seeking one, one night stand after another.

But Reid isn't about to let her get away. I can't say more because I'll give the entire story away. Reid has loved Mara since they were in grade school together, and though she left him, once he sees her again, he stops at nothing to have her.


Still Me, book 3 in the series is Kenley's story. In book one, she went home to Atlanta to marry her fiance. That didn't turn out the way it was planned. And I love how Amy wrote the way her ex dumped her. Nope, not giving that away. Kenley returns to work, and home to her parent's house. Where momma is still working on Kenley to snag a rich husband. WOW, these moms are something. They do a number on their daughters, but not to be manipulative, but out of love. Gotta love our parents. Anyway, Kenley goes to the opposite extreme, dressing down, not wearing make-up and swears off wealthy men. 

But, Larsen Overstreet is doing his best to wear Kenley down. Between him and her mother, Kenley doesn't stand a chance. But Kenley isn't the only one who's not accepting who she really is. This book has the entire cast of characters growing, which makes the title really worth something.

These novels may be sweet romance, but Amy sure has some hot kissing and heavy petting scenes to appeal to those who like more explicit in their romance.


Amy lives in Rhode Island with her husband and two sons and actually craves the heat and humidity of Mississippi, where she grew up. She's been a professional singer and news anchor and currently narrates audio books as well as working as a station host for a Boston TV station.

Connect with Amy at the links below: 

Website

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STILL ME

Temptation Tuesday - Sebastian

Ladies, here's more on Sebastian.

Sated, pleasantly tipsy, the party winding down, she got into the back of the limo, her cream silk pants whispering over sumptuous leather where she came face to face with tall, dark, and brooding.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t handsome. In fact, quite the opposite if one liked dark, moody men. And who would’ve thought she did. Her body shivered deliciously as his denim blue eyes roamed leisurely over her then and now.

Girl, you’re losing it.

During the ride home, she took in his shoulder length black hair, roman nose, full lips. Sensual is how she’d have described them in her novels. Blue eyes with thick lashes that any woman would sell her soul to have, and his slightly dimpled chin were a contrast to his personality. 

Not surprisingly, he was dressed all in black. Black jeans, jacket, and T-shirt stretched tight across his muscled chest and sinewy arms. And he had the word thug written all over him.

Peyton was well acquainted with men like him. Men that protected their bosses and illegal livelihood without qualms. Men she’d thought were out of her life. Well, at least in the background.  

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Weekend Writing Warriors 8Snippet Sunday

Weekend Writing Warriors is a great way to find new authors, get snippets of your favorite authors' works, and get sneak peaks of upcoming books. Visit the link, and thanks for your support.

For the next few weeks, I'll be giving peeks of chapters from book 1 of Diamond Series. Diamonds Aren't Forever. To keep readers interested in the series before it goes on sale for the holidays. 

At the time, he’d barked out a laugh at her assumption he and his brother, Thierry, were there for a night of loving. It had died quickly on his lips as images of her soft naked body sandwiched between the two of them filled his head. It didn’t help that her full breasts strained against her cream silk shirt as she struggled against her bonds.

Braless. Lord help him, he almost swallowed his tongue. Her nipples were tight buds rasping against the silky material. His fingers twitched desiring to twist, tweak, and torture them until she came.

Diamonds Aren't Forever is an erotic, menage, romance. It sets up the mystery that continues throughout the series.

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Wewriwa 8Snippet Sunday - Diamonds Aren't Forever

Weekend Writing Warriors is a great way to find new authors, get snippets of your favorite authors' works, and get sneak peaks of upcoming books. Visit the link, and thanks for your support.

For the next few weeks, I'll be giving peeks of chapters from book 1 of Diamond Series. Diamonds Aren't Forever. To keep readers interested in the series before it goes on sale for the holidays. 

     “You tryin’ to tell me something, chère?” His deep voice wound around her sending fine tremors through her body. Stop this. She knew those tremors had nothing to do with fear and everything to do with desire.  What I wouldn’t give to be wet with sweat after hours of lovemaking.

     Between her underused body and overactive imagination that worked well in writing novels, but not here, not now. She was her worst enemy. Get. It. Together. 

     Peyton wasn’t too lost in thought not to feel his strong fingers brushing against the base of her neck, or her reaction.  

Diamonds Aren't Forever sets up the mystery that continues throughout the series. And, it has one of my favorite elements of romance, a menage. 

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Temptation Tuesday - Diamonds Aren't Forever

Sorry for the disappearing act on the last few Tuesdays. It's not that I haven't been writing, it seems my hero and heroine in book 2 have finally decided to spread their wings. And, boy have they kept me hopping.

And the blog posts suffer. But, I'm here. So, I know you hate to hear it so soon, but the holidays are upon us. And, I, like many authors will be offering a special deal on my book. So, for the next few weeks, I'll be giving out teasers on Diamonds Aren't Forever

Peyton fell unceremoniously onto the leather sofa. She let out a muffled oomph around the gag in her mouth. Bound at her wrists and ankles, she struggled to sit only to sink further into the buttery soft cushions.

The irony of the situation wasn’t lost on her. How had she become the cliché she wrote about; a woman antagonizing her attacker only to wind up tied up like a Christmas present.

Peyton had written hundreds of scenes like the one she was in right now. Worse even. And the heroines always came out without a scrape.

Fiction vs. reality here, Peyton. Her arms bound behind her ached, her chafed wrists and ankles concurred. 

Shaking off the momentary jaunt into irrational thinking, she knew the only way to get out of this was to keep a level head. However, if her actions of the last hour were a good indicator of things to come, Peyton had a sneaky suspicion that wasn’t going to happen.

Her mind raced back to seeing the man, towering above her now, sitting in the back of the limo. All rational thought had fled.

Was he at the party? Not that it mattered if he was a fan, but maybe Shelbie or Arabella had seen him and his brother and knew their identities.

Frowning down at the beauty sprawled before him, Sebastian Boudreaux’s sour mood worsened. He was here to collect the debt her ex-husband owed not to bed her, though his body seemed to have other ideas.

What’s up Boudreaux? It’s simple. Collect the diamonds, she’s a number. Running his hand through his hair, he tapped down the exasperation filling him. She’s not the number. Still, you’ve collected debts from countless families in the past without any problem.  

He never liked it. But I collected and got out. Developing a conscience? He snorted. I was never that far gone. And papa has taken great strides to rid the casino and his other holdings of illegal activities. But not all. It takes time. What makes her any different?

Scrubbing a hand over his face that last question stumped him. She doesn’t deserve this. None of them did. Frustration rumbled, like a wild animal in his chest.

Looking at her now, her honey blonde hair mussed up like they’d just had a night of hot sex, he...  “Stop it,” Sebastian snapped out loud. He turned away, ignoring her amused stare.

Yeah, well right now I feel as crazy as you think I am. Was it too much to hope she’d give him what he came for so he could be on his way? But now that he’d smelled her perfume, touched her, tied her up, what did he actually want?

Her. 

Weekend Writing Warriors is a great way to find new authors, get snippets of your favorite authors' works, and get sneak peaks of upcoming books. Visit the link, and thanks for your support.

I'm continuing with Book 2 in the Diamond Series. In this excerpt we find Dagan waiting for Shelbie in a restaurant in Savannah. It's only been a few weeks that he found out her true identity.
He's dressed as the powerful mogul that he is, planning to confront her right away. But, he doesn't get the chance.
Shelbie only knows Dagan as Hunter, a hard working construction foreman.

Dagan Hunter Caulfield felt like a fool sitting alone in a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, waiting for his nemesis. Anger seared through him. Really, no one would blame him for not knowing who she was.

     In fact, how could he know? He should have. He prided himself on knowing an opponent inside and out. But this time— he’d been blindsided.

     All because of a few lunch dates. He snorted. More like a few dozen. 

     What had happened to him? He’d faced opponents before. Hell, competition and making enemies were old hat. He’d eaten them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and spat them out coming and going. 

In the meantime, book 1 of Diamond Series is titled Diamonds Aren't Forever. It sets up the mystery and the menage between Peyton and brothers, Sebastian and Thierry is hot. 

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