"Black Jaguar" by Vijaya Schartz - New Release

Kahuel of Yalta, nicknamed Black Jaguar like his emerald-eyes feline, volunteered to sail away on his brother’s Galleon to get away from it all, redeem his roguish past, and prove his worth as a blood prince. When a typhoon hits, and he realizes the powerful Mutant who commandeered the expedition has ulterior motives, his world is turned upside down.
Talina of the Chosen has never seen a foreigner, until destiny brings to her shores a group of baffling strangers who cannot read minds… among them a prince, and the Lost Daughter of the prophecy. She knows her fate is about to change, but the Star People protecting her clan view the outsiders as a threat to their crucial experiment.
Can Black Jaguar, with his few warriors and felines, simple weapons and Human ingenuity, save Talina and her people from a horrible fate? Can he prevail upon a highly advanced enemy, against impossible odds?
Black Jaguar
Book Two – Chronicles of Kassouk
by Vijaya Schartz
from Desert Breeze Publishing
http://www.vijayaschartz.com/

Just Released: TOUCHED BY AN ALIEN by Gini Koch

How can a sexy marketing manager join forces with an Alpha Centauri male in Armani to save the planet--using hairspray, a Mont Blanc pen, and rock n’ roll?

Easy…

She’s Touched by an Alien

Marketing manager Katherine “Kitty” Katt steps into the middle of what appears to be a domestic dispute turned ugly. And it only gets uglier when the man turns into a winged monster, straight out of a grade-Z horror movie, and goes on a killing spree. Though Kitty should probably run away, she springs into action to take the monster down.

In the middle of the chaos a handsome hunk named Jeff Martini appears, sent by the “agency” to perform crowd control. He’s Kitty’s kind of guy, no matter what planet he’s from. And from now on, for Kitty, things are going to be sexy, dangerous, wild, and out of this world.

Read the fist chapter for free at: http://www.ginikoch.com/deathlessprose.htm

Better yet, just buy it today at:

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A once-in-a-blue-moon event!

I don’t often write contemporary short stories, but I had an opportunity to appear in an anthology alongside my son, and could not pass up the opportunity. As usual, my short story, SILVER RIVER, is a fantasy…although it touches the realms of science fiction and a ghost story, depending on your point of view. My son’s debut story, GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, can be considered a ghost story as well, although it’s meaning will go deeper than that for many. And I think my son’s story has a much better twist than mine!

I’m proud to announce this anthology, and to be right alongside my son’s first published short story. I think you will agree that, based on this debut, he has an amazing career ahead of him as a writer.

My mother and son debut, NIGHTBIRD SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, is now available on Amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/Nightbird-Singing-Dead-Night-Dennis/dp/098195720X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259957535&sr=1-1

Or at the publisher’s website here: http://nightbirdpubs.com/nightbird_anthology

I will have a few copies available for sale at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire this weekend, February 5th & 6th, where I'll be signing books from 7-9 p.m. Our booth is located at 58th Avenue and Glenn Drive, at the NE corner of Murphy Park, in front of the Civic Center Building, across from the shuttle pick up. I'll have all of my books available for sale and signing, including MY UNFAIR LADY and THE RELICS OF MERLIN series. Hope to see you there!

My Best Wishes,
Kathryne

Leave a comment on my blog today to enter to win a $10 B&N gift card!

To celebrate her back-to-back new releases, author Calista Fox is guest-blogging here today. Welcome, Calista!

Thanks for hosting me on your blog, Kathryne. I’m kicking off the New Year with back-to-back releases and some fun contests to celebrate them! In fact, I’d like to offer your blog readers the chance to win a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card. Just leave a comment on the blog—say hi, tell us your New Year’s resolutions or whatever else is on your mind. It’s that easy to win!!

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING by Calista Fox
On Sale January 29, 2010 at http://www.ellorascave.com/

My first novella of 2010 is a paranormal romantica™ titled, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. As the name suggests, nature’s elements play a big part in the story, but in some very unexpected ways! Here’s a little about the book:

Cane McAllister is haunted by the alluring scent and exotic beauty of Savannah newcomber Bev Goitia. The rich aroma of her blood and the heat of her skin make him crave to be human, to touch her, to love her. But Cane’s curse is of his own making, for he chose to live an eternity as a vampire—and knows from experience how detrimental personal encounters with mortals can be. Tormented, Cane stalks the most desirable quarry he’s known in his two-hundred-and-twenty-seven years of existence. Desperately wanting Bev. Knowing he can never have her…

Bev has her own cross to bear. Her neighbor, Cane, is everything she’s waited for during her exceedingly long, immortal life. But he’s a mortal soul—taboo for someone gifted an extended existence by the Aztec Gods, her distant ancestors. She is also bound by the ancient spirits to keep her immortality a secret—absolutely no one can discover her true nature, or the “gift” will be revoked.

One hot, sultry, Savannah night changes Cane and Bev’s lives forever, as they give into their unrelenting passion. Their secrets are inadvertently revealed, altering both their courses, trapping them in a deadly, doomed affair. And when the sins of Cane’s past come back to haunt him, putting Bev’s newly mortal life in grave danger, Cane becomes her only hope for survival. He is forced to make the most difficult decision of his entire existence. To save her soul means to damn it for all eternity.

An exclusive excerpt is on my website at http://www.calistafox.com/!

THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

On Sale February 1, 2010 at http://www.eredsage.com/

My second 2010 release is a futuristic erotic romance. Han Solo and Princess Leia were never this hot! The story is set on a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy known for its mood-enhancing elements. Here’s a little bit about THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE:

To get the legendary commander of the Protective Forces to return to an intergalactic fight, patriot Gizelle Sobera must use every power of persuasion she possesses against D.T. Vaughn—including orchestrating the ultimate three-way seduction…

The year is 3091 and blockade runner Gizelle Sobera is determined to recover the largest lost treasure in the history of three galaxies. Claiming the bounty lost on PX330 (aka the Pleasure Planet) would help to supplement the resources and provisions needed by the Protective Forces of the Milky Way Galaxy as its inhabitants fight invading forces. But the fortune has already been found and she knows exactly who has swiped the treasure from under her nose—D.T. Vaughn, a pirate who’s stolen a variety of booty from her…

An exclusive excerpt is on my website at http://www.calistafox.com/!

Visit my blog for another chance to win a Barnes and Noble gift card! http://www.calistafox.blogspot.com/

Happy 2010 everyone!

Best,
Calista

Award-winning author Calista Fox (aka Ava McKnight) began her professional fiction-writing career in 2005, following an exciting career in PR, where she specialized in writing speeches and Congressional testimonies. Her books have received rave reviews and have won contests. She is also the recipient of Romance Reviews Today’s Best Book of 2008 for its category and a Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi Erotic Novella. In 2007, Calista’s paranormal romance, One Wish, helped to launch print publisher Red Sage’s e-publishing venture. She has also been invited to participate in an anthology with two New York Times bestselling authors, and her work has been featured in Playgirl magazine (Dec. ’05). Her books have been displayed in Romance Writer’s of America’s RWR magazine (various), Romantic Times Bookreviews magazine (various) and Publisher’s Weekly (various).

Calista is a college graduate with a Journalism and Communications background. She is a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and the Desert Rose RWA chapter. Calista divides her time between Arizona, San Diego, Mexico and various other locales in the U.S. and abroad. She has traveled the country several times over by Lear and Gulf Stream jets, always with her laptop in tow to capture exciting new story ideas, and is a spa aficionado. Visit the author at www.calistafox.com .

New Release: ON WINGS OF LOVE by Kim Watters

Ruth Fontaine's job is to deliver lifesaving organs to those urgently in need. But the gruff pilot of her charter plane has no kind words for her work. And then she discovers the heartbreaking reason why. Noah Barton lost his wife and young son. Grieving, he gave in to pressure to donate his child's organs--a decision he regrets. He's bitter against those who "take advantage" of people's anguish. Yet he still flies her on her missions, with his beloved dog, Houston, as his copilot. Now Ruth will have to show Noah he has two other copilots: the Lord and her love.


Excerpt:

Noah had come for her.

Ruth stepped toward the plane and the man standing near the doorway. She gazed at Noah, at his muscular chest, at his firm lips. The cold, remote look etched across his features signaled that his attitude about her profession hadn't changed.

Sighing, Ruth grabbed the plane's railing and pulled her tired body up the steps. At the top, she held out her hand to his waiting one. "Thanks for coming, Noah. I didn't think anyone would be able to get through in that storm."

Her fingers tingled as they remained connected with his. Without his sunglasses on, Ruth noticed his blue irises deepened to the color of the clearing sky before theydarkened like the receding monsoon clouds.

Her need to soothe away his anguish intensified, but somehow she sensed that Noah wouldn't appreciate her attempt.

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New Release: Memory's Edge by Bette McNicholas

Memory's Edge is a novel that finds Victoria Garrett living in the middle of the War Between the States. Brave and feisty at eighteen, she takes on a mission to smuggle two slaves to the Underground Railroad in Delaware with the help of her parents. But resting along the banks of the Brandywine, she soon finds her venture involves her in an explosion at the DuPont Munitions Factory and being arrested as a Confederate spy.

Captain Luke Cassidy, one of three secret agents sent by President Lincoln to thwart Confederate attempts to steal gunpowder, has different thoughts about Victoria, the only survivor he finds unconscious at the scene, where he notices strangulation marks on her neck. He and his men, invincible together, rescue her and hide her from the person trying to kill her.

Victoria has amnesia caused by the trauma she suffered during the explosion. Alone and frightened, with no memory, she turns to the one person who will save her, Luke Cassidy. Theirs is a tale of murder, espionage and love...280 pages (Sensual)

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/bette-mcnicholas-m-297.html

Releasing Today: Haunting Beauty

A mysterious stranger . . .
Danni Jones believed everything about her past-that she was an unwanted child abandoned by her mother. That she was an outcast set apart by her clairvoyance. That she was alone. Then came the stranger. Dangerously seductive Sean Ballagh appears out of nowhere with a startling story that will challenge everything Danni thought was true.

A lost woman . . .
He claims that Danni's family has been searching for her ever since she disappeared twenty years ago. He's come to bring her home to Ireland. But Danni fears there's more to his story than he dares to reveal. And the only way to find out is by following Sean back in time, to a forgotten past, to a world where nothing is what it seems.

A terrifying legacy . . .
Now, in a land where the mystical and the occult are as vivid as the emerald fields, Danni must rewrite history to save her family, to fight a force more evil than she ever imagined, and to reunite with the one man she was destined for-or live forever in time as nothing more than an ethereal memory, a tragic and haunting beauty.

http://www.erinquinnbooks.com/

Order a new* copy HAUNTING BEAUTY by August 30, 2009 and I'll enter you into a grand prize drawing for books, merchandise and other great stuff. To enter, email me a copy of your proof of purchase and you will be entered to win $100 dollar gift card to either Borders, Barnes & Noble or amazon.com (your choice of one) AND 20 books--many autographed by author-- AND a Haunting Beauty tote, coffee mug and mouse pad and a photo album!
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