Jake’s Redemption by Jamie Schulz

Jake’s Redemption
Jamie Schulz
(The Angel Eyes Series Prequel)
Publication date: February 1st 2019
Genres: Adult, Romance, Science Fiction

In a broken world, he faced a future full of pain.

Will one daring woman be his last chance for love… Before time runs out…

Jake longs for the life men lived before war destroyed everything and women enslaved them. When fate forces a temporary reprieve from imprisonment, escape becomes his primary objective. Until his new captor sparks hope, and something far more passionate, in his lonely heart.

After giving up on romance, Monica dedicated herself to sheltering unfortunate souls from a harsh new society. But then destiny delivered a desperate man to her doorstep. A man she soon discovers she cannot ignore and would do anything to save.

Will Monica be able to free Jake from the vicious woman who wants to break him? Or will Jake be forced to leave Monica behind to save himself?

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“Welcome to our home,” she said in a friendly voice.

He flicked another glance in her direction, but only nodded in reply. He was so wound up with dread and anxiety from the drug, he could barely communicate; yet he was not so unnerved or disorientated that he didn’t notice her breathtaking beauty.

He couldn’t work any moisture into his mouth. His throat was too tight and his shaking so bad, he knew he would stutter unintelligibly if he tried to utter a single word.

“Are you cold?” the woman asked.

He shook his head, still unable to speak.

“What’s your name?”

He looked up again and then back at the ground. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out. Coughing, he tried again.

“J-Jake…Ni-Nichols.”

“Jake. I like that.”

Something in her tone, or maybe it was just his fear of being close to another woman with power over him, sent an icy shiver of dread down Jake’s spine.

“So, you’re not cold,” the woman said, “but you’re trembling like it’s twenty below. Did they give you the drug before you left?”

He nodded again.

She rested a hand on his arm and looked up into his face. He wanted to pull away, but something in her eyes held him immobile.

“You won’t have to suffer that again for as long as you’re here…”

Author Bio:

Jamie Schulz lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her family, her husband, and their fur babies. Writing has always been a big a part of her life, and she hopes to one day reach the best sellers lists.

Cowboys, ice cream, and reading almost any kind of romance are among her (not so) secret loves. To her, every one of her stories, no matter how dark, must have a happy ending, and she strives to make them impossible to put down until you get there.

She balances her free time between reading her favorite romance authors--in genres ranging from erotica and dark romance to sweet historicals and contemporary romance--and spending time with her family.

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Voyage of the Lanternfish by C. S. Boyack

Fantasy

Date Published: January 2019

An honorable man is mistaken for his disreputable father. Now he's pushed into a political scheme to start a war that will spread across multiple kingdoms. James Cuttler's fiancé is being held captive to ensure he goes through with the plan.

He soon decides his skills are at sea and procures a ship to wage war upon those who disrupted his simple life. He can't do it alone, so he recruits a band of cutthroats to help him. But first, they need guns and munitions to outfit the ship properly. Deception and trickery will only get them so far. Eventually, they're going to have to engage the enemy.

James' goals aren't necessarily the same as his crew. It's a delicate balancing act to collect enough loot to keep his crew happy, while guiding them back to rescue the girl.

Voyage of the Lanternfish is filled with adventure, magic, and monsters. Lots of monsters. Hoist the colors and come along for the ride.

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Fala nudged Dan with her shoulder, then fed the anvil bird a red berry.

As they rounded the corner onto the docks, the ship came back into view. Gold letters nearly two feet tall arched across her stern. They read, Lanternfish.

Dock workers lugged items aboard the ship, rolls of canvas, kegs of gunpowder, live pigs, and more. A glazer worked on the large lanterns attached around the poopdeck. Stuttering Lewis hung over the stern on a bosun's chair, and carved a log that replaced the supporting statue they'd destroyed when they took her. Rather than a lady with a vase, he was making a skeletal pirate, complete with a branch that became an arm holding a cutlass.

McCormack sat at a desk underneath an umbrella alongside the ramp up to the ship. He turned his journal around quickly. "Do you want to check it, ma'am?"

"No need Mr. McCormack. Maybe later. Things look much improved around here."

"Aye, ma'am. You look much improved too. Island life agrees with you."

"That it does. We're going to have a look around, we'll report in this afternoon. Where's the captain?"

"Could be in the tavern. That's where most business gets done around here."

They walked the length of the ship. Underneath the bowsprit was a new figurehead made of riveted pieces of metal, like a suit of armor. It was a huge lanternfish. Circular white portholes served as eyes, and a long twisted steel rod protruded from his forehead. The rod arched until it was tangent with the bowsprit, then bent back down. At the end, a huge hexagonal lantern hung, it matched the others on the back of the ship. Long sharp teeth protruded from the creature's bulldog-like jaw, and the fish appeared to be hollow inside.

The ship resembled an anthill. Men scurried everywhere, painting, tying new rigging, glazing, and more. When they turned back, a young woman approached McCormack's desk.

The woman was tall, thin, and muscular. She wore a bamboo coulee hat that was wider than her shoulders. It was covered with a gauze beige cloth. Her features were Eastern, giving her an exotic beauty. She wore only short leather boots, and a leather pair of shorts. Her legs were covered with wrapped strips of beige silk up to her knees, as were her breasts, forearms, and fists. She thumped the bronze foot of her pole weapon on the dock then waited for McCormack to speak. The shaft of her weapon was ebony black. The curved blade of the glaive started above her head, and had but a single edge.

As they walked closer, they made out a jade disk pendant around her neck, and the weapon had bronze fittings of a fierce dragon holding the blade in its mouth. The fittings served to add strength opposite the cutting edge.

"Name?" McCormack asked.

"Serang."

"What are you good at?"

"Fighting."

"Any experience with guns?"

"No."

"Can you rig a sail?"

"Like a master."

"Sign here. Then find Don Velasco topside. He'll get you situated."

Dan and Fala walked past. Serang's braided black hair hung to the small of her back, nearly touching her shorts.

"Wonder what she does with that frog sticker?" Dan said.

Serang spun around, took two running steps toward the side of the pier and threw her weapon like a spear. It sailed across the water to the next dock and impaled a huge bay frog that was sunning itself. "Stick frogs," she said.

About the Author

C. S. Boyack was born in a town called Elko, Nevada. He likes to tell everyone that he was born in a small town in the 1940s. He's not quite that old, but Elko has always been a little behind the times. This gives him a unique perspective of earlier times, and other ways of getting by. Some of this bleeds through into his fiction.

Boyack moved to Idaho right after the turn of the century, and never looked back.His writing career was born here, with access to other writers and critique groups he jumped in with both feet.

He likes to write about things that have something unusual. His works are in the realm of science fiction, paranormal, and fantasy. His goal is to entertain readers for a few hours and he hopes you enjoy the ride.

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Playing For Keeps by Jill Shalvis

If you’re planning on falling in love…

When it comes to the confident, charismatic Caleb Parker, Sadie Lane feels the spark—the kind that comes from rubbing each other the wrong way. She’s a tattoo artist, he’s a straight-laced mogul. But after they accidentally co-rescue an abandoned dog from a storm, Sadie sees a vulnerable side to the seemingly invincible hottie.

you’d better be sure…

Caleb doesn’t do emotions. Growing up the underdog, he’s learned the hard way to build up an impenetrable wall. Perfect for business. Disastrous for relationships. He’s never worried about it before—not until he finally gets behind Sadie’s armor and begins to fall.

… someone is there to catch you.

Both guarded and vulnerable, Sadie and Caleb are complete opposites. Or are they? Shocked at their undeniable connection, can they ever admit to wanting more? That all depends on what they’re each willing to risk.

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Playing For Keeps
by Jill Shalvis
SeriesThe Heartbreaker Bay Series
GenreAdult
Contemporary Romance
PublisherAvon Books
Publication DateJanuary 22, 2019
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Their Discovery by Rebecca Grace Allen

Their Discovery
Rebecca Grace Allen
(Legally Bound, #3)
Publication date: April 29th 2019
Genres: Erotica, Romance

Brady Archer’s marriage is falling apart. He’s tried being the goofy guy who stole Sam’s heart, but it’s not working, and his inability to please her cuts him deeper than she knows.

Sam still loves her husband, but it’s hard to find him sexy when he acts more like her third kid than her husband. When she lands a new job at a law firm, Brady needs to pick up the slack. Giving him orders should feel tedious, but instead it unexpectedly reignites their missing spark.

While Brady glimpses the woman he fell for, he also unveils a side of himself that shakes him to the core. Turns out there’s no solid emotional footing between his duty at work to call the shots, and his need to call his wife Mistress.

But their attempt to fix things, including inviting Sam’s sexy female coworker into their bed, only widens the cracks in their relationship. Worse, when Sam discovers a discrepancy in the firm’s paperwork, she realizes she may have trusted the wrong person…and the fallout could cost her and Brady everything.

Warning: Contains a six-foot-five, ex-football player submissive and a ballsy, badass redhead who is learning to unleash her inner Domme. Scenes depicting humiliation, pegging, and threesomes could disturb, or stimulate a thirst for adventure.

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Rebecca Grace Allen is an author of sweet, sexy and soul searching romance, emphasis on the sexy! She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a double concentration in Creative Writing and Literary Comparison, as well as a Master of Science degree in Elementary Education, both of which seemed like good ideas at the time. After stumbling through careers in entertainment, publishing, law and teaching, she's returned to her first love: writing. A self-admitted caffeine addict and gym rat, she currently lives in upstate New York with her husband, two parakeets, and a cat with a very unusual foot fetish.

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Trashy Conquest by Gemma James

Title: Trashy Conquest

Series: Trashy Affair #2

Author: Gemma James

Genre: Erotic Romance

Release Date: January 25, 2019

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It all started 35,000 feet in the air on a flight bound for
Seattle. 

A chance encounter. An undeniable attraction. A forbidden
passion. We tried to do the right thing and resist temptation.

We failed.

Now Cash's wife is missing, and to make matters worse, my ex
showed up on my doorstep with the promise of forever on his mind.

Things were supposed to be different.

He was going to divorce her.

He was going to be with me.

He was going to love me.

But until Cash's wife is found, we have no future.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Trashy Conquest is a
steamy romance suitable for mature audiences only. Though the subject matter
deals with cheating, there are no innocent parties here. Book 2 in the Trashy
Affair series.

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Gemma James is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of
a blend of genres, from new adult suspense to dark erotic romance. She loves to
explore the darker side of human nature in her fiction, and she’s morbidly
curious about anything dark and edgy, from deviant sex to serial killers.
Readers have described her stories as being “not for the faint of heart.”



She warns you to heed their words! Her playground isn’t full of rainbows and
kittens, though she likes both. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their
four children–three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who
steals everyone’s attention.

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Fool's Errand by Ophelia Bell

Fool’s Errand
Ophelia Bell
(Fate’s Fools, #4)
Publication date: March 19th 2019
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. In my case that was literal – I had Ozzie West’s soul and didn’t know it, but now it’s been torn from me and I will never get him back.

My heart is broken.

My three mates may try to fill that void, but they don’t understand what he meant to me. They can’t see the memories unlocked by Fate.

Only one man can help, but he’s the one man I can never trust again.

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Ophelia Bell loves a good bad-boy and especially strong women in her stories. Women who aren't apologetic about enjoying sex and bad boys who don't mind being with a woman who's in charge, at least on the surface, because pretty much anything goes in the bedroom.
Ophelia grew up on a rural farm in North Carolina and now lives in Los Angeles with her own tattooed bad-boy husband and four attention-whoring cats.
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Virtual Book Tour Smuggler by Nicholas Fillmore

Smuggler

by Nicholas Fillmore

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GENRE: Memoir/True Crime

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BLURB:

When twenty-something post-grad Nick Fillmore discovers the zine he’s been recruited to edit is a front for drug profits, he begins a dangerous flirtation with an international heroin smuggling operation and in a matter of months finds himself on a fast ride he doesn’t know how to get off of.

After a bag goes missing in an airport transit lounge he is summoned to West Africa to take a voodoo oath with Nigerian mafia. Bound to drug boss Alhaji, he returns to Europe to put the job right, but in Chicago O’Hare customs agents “blitz” the plane and a courier is arrested.

Thus begins a harried yearlong effort to elude the Feds, prison and a looming existential dead end…. Smuggler relates the real events behind OITNB.

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Excerpt Two:

Later that afternoon I walked, drunk, through the Musee d’Arte Moderne in Brussels, down a winding white hallway to some inner recess. In a corner, behind glass, a little ventriloquist’s dummy in baggy pants and jacket sat before a brass bell. For minutes on end he just sat there with his feet sticking out in front of him, like he’d been knocked down in the street. Then something seemed to stir inside him and the doll’s torso jerked forward an inch and its metal head—bang! struck the bell producing an unexpectedly bright peal like the bell of a steamship. A little placard read, “Attempt to Raise Hell.” Dennis Oppenheim. American.

A small group waited in anticipation for it to happen again. Just as a couple turned to walk away, bang! the bell clanged again. I stayed for another half hour listening to the intermittent clanging; the little brute kept at it, as if he had a mind of his own—as if, in spite of whatever wind-up mechanism controlled him, he was determined to carry out this errand he alone knew the meaning of.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Nicholas Fillmore attended the graduate writing program at University of New Hampshire. He was a finalist for the Juniper Prize in poetry and co-founded and published SQUiD magazine in Provincetown, MA. He is currently at work on Sins of Our Fathers, a family romance and works as a reporter and lecturer in English. He lives on windward Oahu with his wife, his daughter and three dogs.

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Interview with Nicholas Fillmore

1. What is your favorite part of this book and why? I’m happy that I was able to hang
onto the jail portion, Part 2, of the book. Two editors from
different publishing houses wanted me to cut that way back or get rid of it altogether, and
focus instead on the smuggling part of the story right up to my arrest. But my agent and a
couple of trusted readers wanted me to keep those chapters as inherently interesting in
themselves. Beyond that, I felt that they are integral to the exposition of the main character.
The story doesn’t just end with my arrest. Other things are still being worked out besides the
moral calculus. Despite my cooperation with the feds, there’s still a logic behind my crimes
I’m not so willing to let go of. The tension between those two urges—the desire to reconcile
oneself with an ethical point of view and the desire to reject platitudes—are personified in the
jailhouse characters of Jimmy Dharma and Snake Carver: Each man had been shaped on a
cellular level by prison. To deprive him of its organizing
principle would be like stripping away the physical laws of repulsion and attraction that held
matter in place. Jimmy found in prison a ground to practice dharma, a nominal existence one
might overcome by contemplation of its inherent “emptiness,” And he found there, too, a
refuge from the vicissitudes of heroin addiction. Carver merely remained obdurate, more
“himself” all the time. “Keep on doing what you’re doing,” he said. “That’s what they want you
to do.” All the subsequent jail action is a dramatization of those two points of view.

2. If you could spend time with a character from your book whom would it be? And what would
you do during that day? I’m not sure I’d know how to find Jimmy. I googled him a few years back and
happened upon
a story in a San Francisco paper about experimental apartments for the homeless, and they
were interviewing him. That came as quite a shock to me. I suppose he’d fallen back into
heroin addiction. But his little apartment looked clean in the picture, dharma posters on the
walls. Despite whatever prowling he does around S.F., our jail existence was probably not far
off his basic mode of living. What would we do? I think we would sit in his apartment and
meditate and then have a cup of tea and say goodbye afterwards. Carver died in prison. I’d been
checking on people on the Bureau of Prisons website to see
when they were getting out. Then one time Carver’s release date came up as Deceased. That
really shook me up too. Despite his several gran mal seizures he was a very vigorous guy,
physically and intellectually. He had decided views in which he was emotionally invested. He
lived each day. You know, there are plenty of guys who get in the pill line in jail every day and
kind of check out. Not Carver. There’s something appealing about that. But he died. And I think
I’d like to FOIA that to find out what happened. As I mention in the book, he had a medical
malpractice suit against the feds, claiming they’d fucked his brain up. He had the records in his
legal box under his bed. He had them. Except he seemed to understand, each time one of his
motions would come back denied, that they were simply going to let him die in jail. Which only
made him angrier and crazier. But he remained unreconciled. And I think that there was
incredible bravery in that. If we were able to get together again in some afterlife it would be a
big argument, maybe fisticuffs.
3. If you could have been the author of any book ever written, which book would you choose?
The Bible.
4. Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
Yes, as much as possible they are accurate portrayals of those people—as I see them.
5. What made you want to become a writer? A desire to escape from the tyranny of the dull
and the stupid.

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