One More Click by C.E. Lashua NEW RELEASE!

Title: One More Click

Author: C.E. Lashua

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 13, 2021

Cover Design: Sarah Kil Creative Studio

True love.

That’s what everyone wants, isn’t it?

A love that would stand the tests of time.

A relationship that would never falter.

A person to grow old with.

That’s what I wanted when I signed up for all of those dating apps.

There were so many people out there looking for the same thing I was.

One of them was bound to be the one, right?

My one?

True love.

What a crock.

More like true despair.

All I received for my efforts was a stalker that turned my every fantasy into a nightmare.

A man that built up my hopes just to destroy them.

And a game that had deadly consequences.

So, you know what?

F*ck waiting for true love.

I’ll take it from the one I choose.

*One More Click is a contemporary romance with dark themes, violence, and sexual content that some readers may find triggering. Recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content. This book can be read as a standalone.

 

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Surviving an Avalanche....Romance on the Go with Elizabeth Monvey

 

Hello!  Thank you so much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today!  It’s such a pleasure to chat with you.  So tell me…

Q) Is your book part of a series?  If so, can you tell us about it?

No, this is a stand-alone short story. I tend to think of it as part of my “Weather Series”, although there’s nothing official. This book is about an avalanche. I have one about a tornado and an earthquake. I’ll be featuring those too.

Q) What was the hardest (or easiest) scene to write?

Having my hero, Tolliver, survive an avalanche. I had to first research if it was possible and that’s when I began to read about how parachutes are used to help rise above the snow.

Q) What type of research did you do for your book?

Lots and lots of reading! I looked up all sorts of online skiing protocols to find the do’s & don’ts.

Q) Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?

Both. I like writing the stand-alone stories, but I’m also trying to find a way to build a great body of work that entertains people.

Q) What are your upcoming projects?

I’m working on a story of a man, dealing with mother issues, who finds the man of his dreams (only he didn’t realize he was into men).

WHERE TO BUY

EVERNIGHT PUBLISHING * SMASHWORDS * AMAZON * KOBO

    Jin-Pyoo is an Olympic Alpine skier who has been reared all his life to focus on winning a medal.  His father is harsh and demanding, but when he orders Jin to stop being friends with ski resort owner, Tolliver St. James, Jin has to decide if he should continue with his Olympic dream or follow his heart.

    Tolliver St. James knows that Jin is the man for him.  They’ve been in a relationship for two years and he wants them to be publicly out, but Jin wants them to keep hiding in the shadows.  When Jin’s father forces Jin into an engagement to a woman, Tolliver is afraid of losing his lover forever.

    But when Tolliver is caught in grips of an avalanche, Jin knows he can’t live his life without him and it’s a race against time to find the man he loves more than anything.

Blast from the Past...Bleeding Love (Apocalyptic Romance!)

Q) What’s your story about?

 It’s an apocalyptic story set in the desert. There are groups of humanity, and it’s about a woman who’s entrusted to deliver a sacred article to her convent. But she’s taken by a man who struggles with his morality.

Q) What was the hardest (or easiest) scene to write? 

The hero of the story, Ares, was particularly hard to write, because I wanted him to be bad, but also good. So it was a fine line to straddle.

Q) What type of research did you do for your book?

 I watched a lot of apocalyptic movies!

Q) What made this story special to you?

 That it won a Reader’s Choice Award! That means it really resonated with readers and honored it with a vote. I’m so humbled!!!

Q) Do you write in a linear fashion or do you jump from scene to scene and then go back and “fill in the blanks”?

I usually write linear. However, I sometimes roughly outline a scene that’s in my head before I lose it.

Q) What are your upcoming projects?

I’m self-publishing my Love Story series. This was previously published with Siren Bookstrand and I took back the rights, rewrote and edited, and have it for presale right now at Smashwords.

Excerpt:

At the top of the landing, he halted and turned to face her.  Faith’s heart once again pounded at the heat in his dark gaze.  He traveled his hands around to her behind, gripping her cheeks until he picked her up.  “Wrap those pretty legs around my waist.”

She did as he asked, although she didn’t know why she was so compliant with his demands.  He walked with her through the hallway to their room.  She didn’t even notice the décor as she stared into his eyes, which were no longer cold and unfeeling.  Instead, he looked at her with a sharp hunger.  A call deep inside her body answered, rocking her soul. What was happening to her?

They entered a bedroom and he kicked the door shut behind him.  He sat down on the edge of the bed with her still wrapped around him.  Ares curled his hand into her hair and pulled her head back so he could lick up her neck.

“For the next five days, this is our room,” he said in a deep voice.  “I don’t want you to leave here.  You bathe, and you make yourself pretty for me, and when I come back after my business, you and I will finish this little dance.  You understand me, Faith?”

 Dazed, she nodded.

He claimed her mouth again, once again making all her thoughts disappear.  All she could do was hold on to the rush as he plundered her mouth with his tongue.  Tingles sparked through her. She was so close to something monumental, but before she could even begin to explore it, he pulled back.  Gently he stood back up, holding her like she weighed nothing, and laid her down on the mattress.  He smoothed out her hair until it fanned around her head. 

“You’re mine, Faith,” he said thickly.  “I’m your protector now, which means my cock is the only cock you’ll know.  Any other man touches you, and I’ll kill him.  If someone tries to help you escape, I’ll string him up by his balls.  I may be a bastard, but I won’t hurt you unless you try to leave, touch another man, or put yourself in danger.  Then I’ll spank that gorgeous ass of yours until you can’t sit for a week.  Do you understand?”

Mutely, she nodded.

Where to Buy: EVERNIGHT * SMASHWORDS * AMAZON 

New Release Series from Lily Baines!!

 

Series: Of All Hearts

Author: Lily Baines

Genre: Sweet with Heat Contemporary Romance, Opposites Attract

Of All Places 

Of All People

Of All Days - on sale for 99 cents

She’s read all about romance but never found love. Will her chance encounter with a handsome stranger lead to the love of her life?

Melanie Allen needs a change. Longing to escape her uneventful life, the introverted librarian jets off to picturesque Montenegro for a one-week tour. With little confidence in herself, she encounters a stunningly handsome man and acts impulsively for the very first time.

Theo Martinovic is gorgeous, self-confident, and a town local. Everything Melanie is not. Still unsure how she managed to capture his attention and sensing he's holding back wounds of his own, Melanie knows she must defy her self-conscious ways if she doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of her past and give true love a chance.

He doesn't do romance or promises. She's been burned by love before. Can mending a derelict hotel help mend two lonely hearts?

Romeo Dante Lorenzo, owner of cobalt blue eyes and a chiseled jawline, is one of New York's most eligible bachelors. Too bad he’s not looking for love.

Used to a different type of women—beautiful and vain—Romeo doesn’t think much of Siena Borrelli upon first meeting her while attending to family business in Italy.

After divorcing her cheating husband, Siena started a new life in Rimini, Italy, a coastal town as unique and warm as its occupants, caring for an elderly woman who owns the old hotel she now calls home. When the woman’s great-nephew, Romeo, visits to sell the place, Siena won't

let it go without a fight. His physique can be distracting, but she's determined to not let it deceive her.

Can they both look beyond the surface?

Can the most embarrassing day of your life lead to the love of your life?

Corfu, Greece.

It’s not a vacation for HR expert, Olivia Duncan. It’s a business trip. One that she has diligently planned for, because Olivia likes to keep things organized and perfect. Not even her frizzy hair gets away with not doing as she wants.

But an embarrassing mishap at the company conference puts her in the path of Niko Teresi, a handsome taverna owner who knows a thing or two about how constricting corporate life can be.

Olivia doesn’t do change or spontaneity. She never deviates from her path.

Hiding from the world and waitressing in his taverna, can Niko show her there’s life in letting go?

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New Release from Lynn Burke! (UNFINISHED)

 I’m an adrenaline junkie.

I get off on tempting fate—until the day I make a reckless misstep that claims three lives.

The Alaskan bush offers the perfect opportunity to overcome survivor’s guilt and find peace: Live off grid in seclusion where a mistake only threatens one life—my own.

My only tie to humanity is a feisty bush pilot who hates everything I am. Even though the connection between us blazes like a forest fire, she’s determined to keep her distance.

The backcountry has other plans, however, and I end up with her life in my hands.

Unknown to me, there’s a tenacious huntsman on her tracks, shadowing her every move, and one wrong choice leaves her vulnerable.

He takes what's mine.

A wild beast rises inside me, and the hunter becomes the prey. I will level mountains, fight the untamed wilderness, to save her—even if I leave a path of carnage behind me.

The Evernighties Weekly Blog Challenge - Week 41

 

Pre-Christmas Catalog Blizzard. Hate them or love them?

I love them. Mainly because I tend to do Christmas shopping early. I use my royalties in October to buy my holiday gifts, so any type of great idea or bargain I can find, I'm all for it. I do a lot of online shopping because you can find so many different items that are unique and cool. Stuff you can't find in stores. Plus I don't have to stand in lines or drive to the store to spend time I really don't have.

They say life goes by so much quicker once you're out of school, and yes that's true. But we're also adults with family we need to take care of. Almost every minute is accounted for, and when I do find free time I usually try to fit in some writing. Just because I'm busy doesn't mean I can slouch on my deadlines. 

So bring on the catalogs. Let's get Christmas shopping done.

The Evernighties Weekly Blog Challenge - Week 40

 

It's a sunshiny day! What do you do?

More than likely I'm working. 

However, if this was a perfect afternoon, which means no work or stress, then I'm probably hiking. But I live in Las Vegas and in the summer it's about 110-120 degrees Fahrenheit. The only place to hike when it's that hot is up in the mountains, but the downside is then EVERYONE is in the mountain hiking. Which means it's very crowded and parking is a mess. 

So sometimes when Mike and I really want to hike, we might go up to Utah. One of our favorite places is St. George. Beautiful red rocks, Snow Canyon and lava tubes. It's really an amazing place to explore.