April 5th release date for Point Of Contention

Hi everyone, I have great news to share.

Point Of Contention will be released on Tuesday, April 5th.

Kay moved to work with an old friend and paramour, Travis. A photo of him and his business partner together made her anxious to experience the two men.

Travis is game for the adventure, Stuart is resistant. Her ultimate goal is to have these two amazing men love her completely at the same time.

There's more information up on the website, www.sirenpublishing.com.

I hope everyone has a great day, Lillith

April 5th release date for Point Of Contention

Wednesday's Words for March 30, 2011

If any country or people deserves the title of “those with the most convenient memory”, I think it should be Canada and Canadians.

Canada gets more snow on average than any other country on earth. We quite often get snow in March, April and occasionally, even in May.

For as long as I can recall, we never, ever planted our gardens before the Victoria Day (May 24th) weekend, because to do so before that date was to risk frost or snow damage.

Yet every year we forget all this, and find ourselves griping when—as happened last Wednesday—Mother Nature gives us a new dumping of snow smack dab in the middle of March.

We got more than six inches here that day, and that was before 6 a.m.!

We need to be reminded of a few salient facts about winter (and why I personally consider winter to run October to March inclusive), especially winter in the northern half of the continent. And right about now, we need to recall that we in this country generally get one third of our total snowfall for the year in March.

Acknowledging these facts doesn’t, of course, make the reality of that white stuff on the ground outside my window any easier to take. Nor does it warm body and soul when the thermometer insists on staying below the freezing mark.

I had such great plans for spring. The temperatures had been warming, the snow had all melted, and I began, once again, to yearn for the sight of flowers in my yard.
Of course, I’d have to plant them, first. The bulbs my daughter and grandkids put in more than a year ago failed to come up last spring. The lily of the valley bulbs I bought this past October to go into the ground the beginning of November, some unknown person accidentally put on top of the toaster over before turning the toaster oven on.

I’d left them in the kitchen, you see, near the back door, hoping that someone would take the hint and plant the darn things.

Unfortunately I am at the mercy of others for this task, as my yard is too uneven, and too sloped for me to negotiate without the danger of falling.

Not all that many years ago, when I could get out and garden, I used to have at least one dream in the middle of every winter that I was doing just that. There’s something so intrinsically life-affirming about getting your hands into the soil, planting seeds or plants, and weeding a garden. Is there any greater luxury than going out to your garden, picking a fat, red juicy tomato, and making yourself a toasted tomato sandwich?

And what joy we would experience, when our veggies were ready to be picked, having a dinner of nothing but the fruits of our labor!

I know spring is coming, even if Environment Canada warns us this year that it will be later and cooler than normal. This yearning for the warmer, growing season, I believe, is just a part of nature’s cycle. We can’t help ourselves from craving it. We humans are part of the animal world, really, a part of nature, and it’s how we were made.

At least that’s what I tell myself when my desire for an end to winter gets a little frantic around the edges.

Love,
Morgan
http://www.bookstrand.com/morgan-ashbury
http://wednesdayswordsbymorgan.blogspot.com/

Yes I'm a geek, how could you tell?

If you know what this is, then I don't have to explain. (Just scan it and see.)

If you don't know what this is, this CNN article explains what QR codes are and how they are changing the face of marketing.

As an author, I'm always looking for new ways to reach my audience, and from the way I've been playing with my Droid X tonight, apparently this is an easy way.

And it's great not just for fellow writers, but for anyone with a business/product/service. Smart phones are taking over the market. Even if only a fraction of people scan your code, considering you can create it for free, that's still a pretty spiffy thing.

So if you need a new marketing idea, here you go. (I'm helpful like that. *smile*) Yes, it's hooked me. My hubby is laughing every time I create a new QR code and start making the muwahaha evil laugh when it works. *LOL*

(Tymber Dalton, who also writes as Tessa Monroe and Macy Largo for Siren-BookStrand, is a bestselling, award-winning author of over twenty-five books, including the 2011 EPIC e-book award winner "Safe Harbor." If you're a geek, scan the QR code. If not, you can find her here.)

Angelic Forecast ~ #134

Stunned in one way, in another way, I am not. “Yeah, no big surprise.”

“You are here now.” He smiles with exceptional charm. “We will celebrate while this time is given to us.”

Apparently engaging the Vimana with the press of his thumb on three buttons, the Thunderbird-looking craft rises upward, and we’re off. By ‘off’ I mean we zoom forward. The dry wind whips around us.

Excitement spills through me, and curls my toes wonderfully. We’re probably flying no more than fifty feet off the ground. Land features that appear strange to me zip by.

Mostly it looks like land ripples. That is like a red-tinted land mass that resembles a very slow-moving ocean. Ahead of us I see in the far distance what could be a colossal monument.

“Not the face on Mars,” I shout.

“It is a tourist trap. However, you will enjoy it.”

His voice is an attractive boom, and I sneak a peek at him. For seconds, I wonder if this is all real. Even if it isn’t, I’m going for it, this experience.

“Aren’t there pyramids around it. What is the face called? Here?”

“The pyramids represent the original star system of the inhabitants. They also produce a stabilizing field for craft landing at the Leonine complex. The welcoming face is currently called, most affectionately, Great Lion Man.”

“A feline race, then?”

“Never call them felines.” He erupts with laughter. “We are lions by pedigree. Humanoid lions, of course.”

TO BE CONTINUED...
~~~~~~

ANGELIC FORECAST ~

For the following week explosive new ‘truths’ will be revealed. Most likely, these revelations will be obscured by so-called traditional media, or significantly played down.

However, the ‘new’ media, for the people and of the people, will begin to come into its own. Renegade journalists will rise to the challenge. Finding and reporting the truth is their endgame. Yet, as always, discernment must be the endgame of each individual.

As TRUTH rises from the ashes like the phoenix, then flies in all its fiery brilliance, black clouds of evil will be loosed. Every manner of CIRCUS CIRCUS distraction will be brought forth.

Another week of contrasts is in store for most of us. The fortunate winds that bring great good versus ill-blowing winds. If you can mentally surf these winds and grab hold of the good, that is likely your best strategy.

‘Wild as a March Hare’ is also a theme for this week, and for the following four weeks. New raging energies are descending on the planet. Solar flare energies, and cosmic vibrations, are assisting humanity to get off it’s knees, and to become what we are divinely meant to be at this phenomenal time.

Out of these ‘energies’ major disagreements will erupt. This will occur on a personal level, and in society as a whole. This is a time of massive and great upheaval on planet Earth. Look for common ground, yet never compromise who you are as a sacred individual.

On the trend scene, think extraterrestrial aliens. Beyond the current movies, and the glitzy Hollywood hype, this trend will go mega nova. And, for good reason. They are here.

Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Warning!!! The global elite [New World Order] does not want *you* to read this book. See ~ Powerful Dreams at my Kougar Kisses blog.

WHEN A GOOD ANGEL FALLS

Where angels fear to tread, 2012 Earth ~
Is a stranger on a superspeed motorcycle her savior from the brutal endtimes?

Blurb: Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012 – The end of the Mayan Calendar
What happens when a world weary, worn out incarnated angel, Sedona, who believes she is merely human has three choices after her old van breaks down?

~~~ IN PRINT ~~~ a former #1 on Siren-BookStrand’s bestseller list

Author Discovery by Lindsay Townsend, BookStrand author of FLAVIA’S SECRET, A SECRET TREASURE, BLUE GOLD, BRONZE LIGHTNING, SILK AND STEEL, HOLIDAY IN BOLOGNA and CHASING RACHEL ~

WHEN A GOOD ANGEL FALLS ~ adventure fantasy erotic romance ~ available from Siren-BookStrand ~
~~~

~ HAVE A MAGICKAL SPRINGTIME ~

Kisses from Savanna Kougar...

~ Run on the Wild Side of Romance ~

Siren-BookStrand Author of ~

All Shades of Blue Paradise
[World of the Blue Pearl Moon, Book 1]

When a Good Angel Falls ~ In Print
[Winter Solstice 2012, Book 1]

Murder by Hair Spray in Gardenia, New Atlantis ~ In Print
[New Atlantis Trilogy, Book 1]

Her Insatiable Dark Heroes ~ In Print
[Chrontropolis, Book 1]

Stallion of Ash and Flame ~ In Print

Branded by the Texans ~ IN PRINT ~ A Siren-BookStrand Bestseller!
[Three Star Republic]

Release Day!!

BUY HERE

Categories: Erotic Romance, Alternative (M/M), Contemporary, Menage a Trois/Quatre
Word Count: 20,129
Heat Level: SEXTREME

[Ménage Amour ManLove: Erotic Alternative Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/M, sex toys]

Cal has hidden his true feelings from Waylon for years, not willing to jeopardize their friendship. After a night of drunken passion, the truth finally comes out. While Cal learns to accept his true nature, Waylon is afraid to risk alienating his family. Will he live in denial or choose love?

With the help of their sexy history teacher, Evan, the three men learn that love has no boundaries. But are evenings filled with hot sex enough to forge a lasting ménage?

Read Adult Excerpt HERE

Enjoy!

Stacey Espino writing as Winona Wilder

Wednesday's Words for March 23, 2011

It will come as no surprise to any of you that there are many things in life I simply don’t understand.

In the last few weeks, the news media has been full of stories about over-paid celebrities acting like spoiled children, about rock stars dying from drug overdoses and irresponsible and unprofessional behaviour by some adults we consider to be entertainers.

I don’t understand why some people work so diligently to get themselves to a place of success and then turn around and do their damnedest to throw it all into the dumpster.

The part of this that’s scary is that this sort of self-sabotaging behaviour is not just a by-product of celebrity.

I grew up without a father, and my mother was a nurse. Nurses in those days didn’t make a lot of money. I knew at an early age, that if I wanted to go to university, I would have to work to put myself through school, or get a scholarship.

When I was about fourteen, a new house was built two doors down from us in our rural community by a man who ran a very successful business. This family was, to put it mildly, very well off.

The children were a fair bit younger than I but it was a small neighbourhood. I spent some time over at their house, and actually sometimes got to babysit when the parents went out.

These kids had stuff I could only dream of having, but they didn’t particularly seem to treasure their possessions. That didn’t bother me all that much, I just remember thinking it was very strange.

What did bother me was that their parents were willing to foot the bill for university, big time—tuition, rental of an apartment, a car to drive, money to spend...but not one of those kids took them up on the offer. Not one of the four of them could be bothered to go to university.

I’ve seen this sort of thing time and again, some people being offered opportunities and benefits that others would cherish, and either these people don’t want the opportunity, or they don’t respect it, or they do their best to mess it all up.

In just the last month, we’ve seen unbelievable behaviour from an actor whose name I will not mention, another musician was found dead of a suspected drug overdose, and yet another revealed that missed concert dates in the past was a result of his drug abuse. A female singer/actress is currently before the courts, certainly facing jail time, for numerous offenses including breach of probation and theft.

Just this week another musician trashed the back stage area of a nationally televised morning show because the interviewer asked him questions about that pesky assault he committed against a former girlfriend while she still was his girlfriend, instead of stroking his ego by talking about his new album.

You see, I just don’t get it. I’m an author, and my books sell pretty well, but I’m not rich, I’m not a celebrity or anything. Do I want to be? I wouldn’t turn it down. No, I wouldn’t turn it down for one second.

And I sure wouldn’t do my best to screw it up, either.

So what’s the problem with these people? Too much money, not enough sense? Not enough intelligence so that they actually believe their own press? They pay their entourages to treat them like they’re above us all, and then they believe that they are?

I’m not sure what the cause of this problem really is, anymore than I know how to cure it. But one thing I do know is this: the spotlight shining on their misbehaviour, the attention paid to them in the media and on social networks, and our avid gobbling up of this kind of gossip in the tabloids can only exacerbate the situation.

Love,
Morgan
http://www.bookstrand.com/morgan-ashbury
http://wednesdayswordsbymorgan.blogspot.com/

Her Cowboy Indiscretion is releasing today

Hello all,

I have great news to share. Her Cowboy Indiscretion is releasing today.

One night of sexual abandon long ago during a party comes back to haunt Ileanna and Chance. Will the memory of their first encounter spoil their future or strengthen their bond?

You can read an excerpt and order your copy at www.sirenpublishing.com.

I just love release day! I hope everyone has a great week, Lillith Payne

www.lillithpayne714.com

Love Sexy

Love Sexy
True Blood Mate 3

AVAILABLE: Tuesday, March 29th

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-BUY

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, werewolves]

Logan Stone lives a lonely existence as the beta of his wolf clan. It's his job to protect his people and follow out the orders of his alpha. That doesn't leave much time to find a mate or fill the empty hole in his heart. When he spots a set of sexy eyes staring at him during the moon festival, Logan knows he has met his mate.

Finding Love Star is not as easy as keeping him. Love may be fascinated by all things wolf but when Logan goes feral during their mating, Love runs for his life. Logan has to call for help to find Love, only discover his mate is hiding right under his nose at the Stone Clan compound.

Instead of convincing Love of the merits of being mated to a wolf, Logan has to depend on Love to protect himself even as he tries to shield the man from the dangerous world he has just entered. If they survive the interference of well meaning friends and a coyote shifter bent on killing Love, they just might have a chance of finding out what fate has planned for them.

See the Love Sexy Book Trailer


To see more about the True Blood Mates series, visit my website at

http://www.stormyglenn.com/truebloodmateseries.htm

Just Contracted Roller Coaster For Three

Hello there, I have great news to share.
My latest erotic novel, Roller Coaster For Three was just contracted by Siren Menage.

Winn never considered settling down. Noah understood her lifestyle. One night of sexual abandon with Jack complicates her life. Can Winn live in one place with only one man to satisify her urges? Will Jack condone the occasional visit from Noah to spice up their sex life?

We have a projected summer, 2011 release date. I'll be back before then with more information.
I hope everyone has a great week, Louisa Neil

www.sirenpublishing.com
www.louisaneil.com

Angelic Forecast ~ #133

I stare. Every picture. The film footage. Every movie I’ve seen about nuke explosions and meltdowns flashes before my mind’s eye.

“Boom. Boom.” I whisper, knowing there’s more on the way.

“Super moon rising.” Amen-Dhuroth speaks several moments later. “Your Earth’s ancient satellite is full and closer in orbit than it has been for many years.

“Does that mean more disasters?” I ask, even as he opens the Vimana’s door, seating me.

“Many forces are rearranging the land masses of your Earth. Currently, our Sun is orchestrating events, using new celestial energies arriving from the center of the galaxy.”

I watch him stride in an aristocratic and proud manner around the hood, and inanely think of horsepower. However, I doubt it’s a combustion engine under the Vimana’s hood.

“2012,” I murmur. “It’s bad in Japan, isn’t it?”

He meets my gaze with a directness I find refreshing. With his hand on the door handle, he answers. “It is an unfolding disaster of biblical proportions. With great sadness, I must tell you, it is the first of many.”

Stunned in one way, in another way, I am not. “Yeah, no big surprise.”

“You are here now.” He smiles with exceptional charm. “We will celebrate while this time is given to us.”

TO BE CONTINUED...
~~~~~~

ANGELIC FORECAST ~

As the following week unfolds, look for TRUTHS long hidden, to be revealed in such a manner that the AWAKENING is exponentially quickened.

While the dogs of war rule, or as Shakespeare says: *cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war*, there are many behind the scenes who are building new simple technologies meant to assist humanity.

This will be a week of great conflicts for most of us. There is great good to be had. As well, great horror can, and will, strike at any moment.

On a personal level this may be mitigated by your ‘goodness’ as a human being.
Because, for the next six months, this will be a time of great reward for those who are deserving. And, a time of great sorrow, and punishment for those who have treated others badly.

However, a word of CAUTION. What *you* may perceive as deserved punishment, is most likely NOT. For, this time of reward and punishment is accomplished on a much subtler level than humanity’s current ability to understand.

More large earthquakes are on the horizon. Volcanos will ‘begin’ filling the atmosphere with ash. And, riots will become the norm throughout the world.

What begins now, in a huge way that cannot be stopped, is the *Rise of the Renegade*. Even though, every evil attempt will be made to kill off this trend, and coopt it to serve the enemies of humanity, these attempts are doomed to fail, especially as the AWAKENING gains planet-wide strength.

Note: Remember to keep preparing for every type of emergency. Specifically, if you are on the West Coast take proper precautions against radiation poisoning. As it was in the past, during Chernobyl, so it is now. The truth is not being told.

Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Warning!!! The global elite [New World Order] does not want *you* to read this book. See ~ Powerful Dreams at my Kougar Kisses blog.

WHEN A GOOD ANGEL FALLS

Where angels fear to tread, 2012 Earth ~
Is a stranger on a superspeed motorcycle her savior from the brutal endtimes?

Blurb: Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012 – The end of the Mayan Calendar
What happens when a world weary, worn out incarnated angel, Sedona, who believes she is merely human has three choices after her old van breaks down?

~~~ IN PRINT ~~~ a former #1 on Siren-BookStrand’s bestseller list ~

Author Discovery by Lindsay Townsend, BookStrand author of FLAVIA’S SECRET, A SECRET TREASURE, BLUE GOLD, BRONZE LIGHTNING, SILK AND STEEL, HOLIDAY IN BOLOGNA and CHASING RACHEL ~

WHEN A GOOD ANGEL FALLS ~ adventure fantasy erotic romance ~ available from Siren-BookStrand ~
~~~

~ HAVE A MAGICKAL SPRINGTIME ~

Kisses from Savanna Kougar...

~ Run on the Wild Side of Romance ~

Siren-BookStrand Author of ~

All Shades of Blue Paradise
[World of the Blue Pearl Moon, Book 1]

When a Good Angel Falls ~ In Print
[Winter Solstice 2012, Book 1]

Murder by Hair Spray in Gardenia, New Atlantis ~ In Print
[New Atlantis Trilogy, Book 1]

Her Insatiable Dark Heroes ~ In Print
[Chrontropolis, Book 1]

Stallion of Ash and Flame ~ In Print

Branded by the Texans ~ IN PRINT ~ A Siren-BookStrand Bestseller!
[Three Star Republic]

Woot! "Safe Harbor" wins 2011 EPIC

I'm so excited! My book "Safe Harbor" won the 2011 EPIC eBook Award for Contemporary Erotic Romance!

http://www.bookstrand.com/safe-harbor

Blurb:

[Ménage Amour: Erotic Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, Contemporary, BDSM, Public Exhibition]

Clarisse seeks refuge from her abusive ex-boyfriend on the Dilly Dally, her uncle's old fishing trawler in Tarpon Springs, Florida. She doesn't expect to find Mac and Sully, the Dilly's sexy new owners, on board making love.

They're at first startled by her appearance, then outraged by the injuries her ex inflicted. They insist she stay with them, and with nowhere else to go, Clarisse agrees.

Both men find themselves falling for Clarisse, but she can't bring herself to completely trust Sully, a former cop, like her ex. She's shocked to discover the men aren't just lovers either, but full-time Master and slave in a BDSM relationship. As she learns more about their history and lifestyle, she uncovers her own hidden desires. When danger from her past returns, can Sully and Mac provide Clarisse a Safe Harbor?

Tymber Dalton is the author of over twenty-five books such as "Safe Harbor," the Triple Trouble and Love Slave for Two series, and more. She also writes as Lesli Richardson, Macy Largo, and Tessa Monroe. Her website is http://tymberdalton.com and make sure to like her Facebook fan page and Twitter feed to keep up on her latest news and contests.

New G-Spot!

I’ve just sent out the latest issue of my newsletter, The G-Spot.

Highlights this issue:

• What I’m Reading/Recommended Reads
• This Issue’s Novel Excerpt: ETERNITY by Berengaria Brown!
• This Issue’s Spotlight Author: BERENGARIA BROWN!
• This Issue's Newsletter Contest—SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!

And more!

To check out past issues or to subscribe, visit:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewnewsletter.asp?AuthorID=623

To download, print and read the current issue click:
http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/623/Newsletter_Mar_20_2011.doc

Enjoy!

Wicked Missions Covers!

I'm very proud to reveal the beautiful cover art for the first three books in the Wicked Missions series!! A big "thank you" to Les Byerley for creating such fantastic covers!

Don't forget! Book 1 of the series, Locked In, releases on April 4th!!


Elizabeth Raines
Seriously Spice Stories

Hermes Online - My very first published book

Imagine meeting someone who thoroughly compliments you. You share likes and dislikes, views and outlooks and a soul connection unlike anything you've ever experienced before. It takes your breath, quickens your pulse and consumes your every thought. When you make love for the first time, it's as if every cell in your body confirms this is your twin flame. Now imagine the timing is horribly off. In my first novel, Hermes Online, Vivienne joyfully discovers such a love amid the ancient ruins of Greece - a love so complete and soul satisfying but one that just isn't meant to be.

As surely as seasons change, life moves on. Grieving the love she found and lost beside the impossible blue waters of the Mediterranean, Vivienne eventually takes another chance at happiness but unfortunately her next relationship turns out to be one of betrayal. Her faithless boyfriend intentionally administers a low blow to deflect the attention off of him and on to her - if she weren't so dull in bed he wouldn't have had to look elsewhere. Not being one to deliberately hurt someone herself, his unaccountable words become a yoke of self-doubt that spills over into every aspect of Vivienne's life. Hungering for a good word, on a whim she enters a short story written during happier times to an adult literature site and makes a connection with a compelling man known only as S. The two soon embark upon the world of anonymous Internet communication where their suggestive emails lead her to try erotic chat, where cybersex leads to Skype, and C2C sends both into the arms of a love they’d believed lost forever.

I hope my readers enjoy this story of transformation. Here's a teaser:

Make it so, V, craft the scene, for my body throbs to bury balls-deep within yours. I find myself quite hungry for you. In fact, I find I crave to discover my soul once again, and I suspect you hold the key. Do you think of me, V? Do you rush home to search for my reply to your own siren’s call? Do you crave my words, and when you have them, do they cause you to reach your delicate fingers under your panties to tease yourself or do you wantonly slake the thirst and give that which your mind and body craves? Be assured lover, I do for you.

S

I read then reread those words. Discover my soul? In that moment I wanted him. I wanted him for real.

S,

This, my lover in the ether, is the absolute most erotic imagery you have painted for me yet. Yes, I am a witch as you say… I can conjure these images and through sensual alchemy bring them to life. A servant golem, built from desire, and it says feed me. I find it heady to think you sit, cock in hand, reading my words, your knuckles wet and arm muscles taut. Tell me what image of you I see when I imagine you stroking? If you do, does a tremor ripple over you before you explode? Or do you hold it back, balls aching to find your release later? Tell me, do my words stray through your mind when you are otherwise occupied?

V

A reply came so quick at first my mind missed it.

Siren V,

Yes. I can scarcely think of anything else. I stroke for you here at my screen. I stroke for you in bed while your perfect description fills my senses. I stroke for you in the shower, imagining your body slick with soap before me. I stroke for you in almost depraved longing. Paint for me, sensual one. Take my mind where my body would follow.

S

The ache between my legs became an ache just under my breastbone. I was falling in love with electronic print! No, I was falling for the mind who crafted it with such precision. How I ached to make these words real.

Cover Art for Point Of Contention

Hi everyone, I just had to share the new cover for Point Of Contention. I think it's amazing.

Kay moved to work with an old friend and paramour, Travis. A photo of him and his business partner together made her anxious to experience the two men.

Travis is game for the adventure, Stuart is resistant. Her ultimate goal is to have these two amazing men love her completely at the same time.

I'll be back when I get a release date. In the mean time you can get more information at

www.sirenpublishing.com Menage Amore or www.louisaneil.com.

I hope everyone has a great weekend, Louisa

Wednesday's Words for March 16, 2011

How do we even mentally process the destruction that took place in Japan last week? How can we possibly understand it?

Few words came to mind as I watched image after image flash past. A wall of water moving inexorably over fields, carrying with it debris so concentrated and intense that there’s almost no way to work your way through it. Towns reduced to piles of rubble so all-encompassing, you wonder how anyone could have survived.

Rescuers stymied because they cannot reach those who are in need, and blanketing all, an eerie stillness. It’s the stillness of death, and although officials are being cautious in numbers, we know the final count of the dead and the missing will be more horrendous than we can really imagine.

Then came yet another layer of fear and peril as officials and experts tried to deal with the failure of nuclear power plants, this danger with the potential of widespread fall-out that could, theoretically, affect the entire world. For this nation, particularly, that prospect must truly be hell on earth.

We pray, we send aid, we watch—and maybe we begin to perceive, in a uniquely personal way, the frailty of our species, and the world we’ve built for ourselves.

We live our lives every day, going through the motions and minutia as if this world we’ve fashioned will always be here. And although we understand there are such things as catastrophic natural disasters, we never really think these things could ever actually happen to us.

But it’s more than that, isn’t it? We never really think it can happen in a modern, civilized, well-governed, well-organized country. Let’s be honest with ourselves. We’ve seen devastation in places where the infrastructure is weak or non-existent, where we know the government such as it is, is corrupt, and there’s always been that tiny voice that said, “well, if they just had proper safeguards in place, or if they just had a democratic, well organized government in place to take care of their people... Or, if they were the sort of government that cared about their people...” And now we see the truth, because Japan did meet all of the above criteria, and Mother Nature, bitch that she can be, wreaked havoc anyway.

How do you deal with that level of destruction? How can anyone deal with it?
The same thing could easily happen to us. Those images we’ve been seeing on the television, or on the computer, could easily be images of our towns, our cities, and our countries. There are geologic fault lines on both coasts of North America, and right down the freaking middle of the continent, too, and that’s not even including the huge caldera in Yellowstone Park. So yes, those images we’ve been seeing could very well be images of ourselves.

I searched and found the following, at this site: http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=284572&cID=1
The American Red Cross is accepting monetary donations online, by mail and even by phone.

"The local Red Crosses across the nation start trying to generate interest in people helping on a larger scale and making donations so we can provide the funding that’s needed," said Kevin Bavers, Executive Director for the Northwest Michigan Red Cross.

People can donate online at www.redcross.org or they can write a check to their local Red Cross chapter.

To make things even easier, people can text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to relief efforts; the charge is automatically added to your phone bill.

If you can do so, please donate. Next time, it may very well be us who are in need of such help. And really, after all is said and done, aren’t we all just one planet, and one people?

Love,
Morgan

Fool For Romance Tour-FREE Kindle given away in the Big Contest!

Good morning, everyone!

It’s my day on the Fool for Romance tour! And I’m pretty excited! 

I have a 15-second contest running on my web site. Find the one-paragraph story of Jack’s sci-fi super-weapon,

http://www.michelehart.com/b15-book.htm  (^-- it’s right there on this page)

and tell me where I found my favorite toy gun. I’ll draw names Monday and give away an e-book copy of my Sci-Fi Romantic Suspense, Mind-Blown. The winner’s name will be entered into a drawing for a grand prize basket with a FREE KINDLE!

If you don’t have an e-reader, rush to this contest! I love my Nook!

I hope you’re enjoying the Fool for Romance tour. I’m a fool for romance. Aren’t you?

Have an adventurous day,

Michele Hart
Sci-Fi Romance Author
Peace on Earth, Hell in Space!
~ Walk Another World ~ http://www.ILoveShapeShifters.com/

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Please let me introduce you to my Wicked Missions series, coming in April and May from the Siren Menage Everlasting Line...

Locked In ~ Book 1
Leesa Bouchard hires pilots and fellow wranglers Cain Hammel and Geoff Adams to share her lucrative mission--to bring the Dreaming Death virus from the barren planet of Charos in the war torn Rhotan System to Virus Initiative Corporation on Earth. On their return flight, they're arrested for smuggling an "illegal" virus despite their insistence they were hired for the job. The sentence? Quarantine--thirty days for Leesa to spend with the two men she's fantasized about for the entire mission.

As they explore their mutual attraction and nurture their growing affection, she finds herself the target of a government investigation into who contracted her to collect the deadly virus. Evidence points to terrorists from the Rhotan System who might be targeting Earth. Can Cain and Geoff help Leesa clear her name and protect her when a government agent wants to use her as bait to capture the terrorists?

Marooned ~ Book 2
Marooned on a tropical moon with two handsome men--one her Earth Bureau of Investigation partner--Betinsa Nungio faces the comchi, the time in her species' lives when they must take mates or risk death.

Agent Matt Newton has hidden his attraction to his partner. Now, he has the opportunity to explore his feelings. Can he find the courage to share her with another man, one she needs to complete her transition?

Ambassador Drake Keller faces a dilemma--he's supposed to observe other cultures, not participate in them. Yet Betinsa needs him--as she needs Matt--and the more time Drake spends with her, the more his passion grows. How can he possibly leave her behind when they're rescued?

As the trio explores their growing bond, they stumble across a terrorist group plotting to destroy Betinsa's planet and must work together to try and save her world.

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Read more about the Wicked Mission series and learn about the exciting anthologies coming from my writing group, The Sextet at www.elizabethraines.com

Reviews for Deadly Mates

Got the most awesome review for Deadly Mates 4: Dragon's Bloodmoon this morning. Among other things, Regina from Coffee Time Romance says 

"The world building is excellent, and incredibly imaginative and I love how the author uses Greek, Chinese and other mythologies to help build her worlds. The emotion filled passion that encompasses the relationships between the three mates is also not to be missed. If you have not had the pleasure of reading a Scarlet Hyacinth book, then I strongly urge you to check her out today, she is one of the very best storytellers around!"

Full review here.

Regina also reviewed book 3 of Deadly Mates, but my technical difficulties make my updates a bit slower. *sweat drop

"Wow! All I can say is this book is every bit as spectacular as the first two books in this series. Ms. Hyacinth has done it again with Spell of the Predator’s Moon. This book has everything, mythology come to life, hot, sexy shifters, and a real mystery too. I loved the whole dynamics of how suddenly this werewolf has two mates instead of one. The confusion these three go through is well thought out, and the emotions described are so spot on that the reader cannot help but feel them right along with the characters. "

Full review here.

Thank you, Regina, for both your reviews!