A couple of odds and ends before I share a special recipe with you all. For those in the US, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was lovely, but I’m ready to get back to work and finish Doomsday Brethren 4, which is now titled ENTICE ME AT TWILIGHT. Editor and I decided that Book 5 will be titled EMBRACE ME AT DAWN. My next DB novella (in an anthology with Jeaniene Frost) will be titled “Mated”. These release next fall, beginning in October with the novella. I’m super excited…just have a lot of writing to do between now and then.

Last Monday, I blogged about Kris Cook’s THREE TO PLAY. The winner of that contest is TigMode! Email me via the contact form on my site, and I’ll get your prizes to you. Congratulations!

Lastly, a very special bookseller, Gina of Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, KY, featured SEDUCE ME IN SHADOW for her November romance readers book club. When they met to discuss the book, Gina (who loves to bake) made cookies in Caden’s honor and has graciously agreed to allow me to share the recipe. I’m going to make these for the holidays, as they sound fantastic!

CADEN’S CANDY COOKIES
1/3 c. melted butter
1/4 c. sour cream
1 lg. egg
1 Devil’s Food cake mix
1 c. chopped Heath candy bars and/or Hershey’s bars (optional: Crunch, Choc. w/nuts, etc.)

Preheat oven to 350; set aside 2 ungreased baking sheets.

In a large bowl mix butter, sour cream and egg.  Add cake mix and beat on low for 1 min., then on medium for 2 mins.  Stir in candy.

Shape tablespoonsful into a ball and place on sheet.

Bake 12-14 minutes.  Let cool on sheets 2 minutes then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.

Yield: 3 1/2 doz.

Cookies may be frozen

If anyone tries them, please tell me how much you enjoy them. I’m off to sink back into the world of the DB. Have a great Monday!

Happy Monday, all. Today, my fellow author and bestest bud, Kris Cook, releases his second ebook, THREE TO PLAY, from Siren Publishing. As you can see from the rockin’ cover, it’s a menage book. MMF with a May/December romance… Yum! Here’s the official blurb:

Just three weeks from her dreaded fortieth birthday, Beth Taylor’s radio show is turned upside-down. Corporate gurus force her to take on sexy duo Clint Moore and Dustin Lake for a new broadcasting morning team. Beth doesn’t have the patience to deal with the young bucks, in or out of the bedroom. But both Clint and Dustin are determined to share her, and nothing will get in their way.

When the three end up in bed, will old secrets force them apart or bring them together for a lifetime of passion?

 “Sizzling hot and tender in all the right places…”  ~ Melissa Schroeder, international bestselling ebook author.

Excerpt – Three to Play

Clint peeled his pants off and tossed them to the floor. Boxers. The head of his cock stood out of the waistband.

All that control she’d seen the past few weeks masked what loomed inside him. Instinct and heat. Intensity.

If she didn’t hold herself together, he’d overwhelm her in minutes.

Clint unbuttoned her pants and slid them off. His fingers skimmed along her thighs. Goosbumps and a hot zing followed his hands. When her pants cleared her ankles and puddle on the hardwood floor, her arousal clamped tight inside her.

Dustin slid next to her on the couch, kissing her shoulder.

Beth looked down. She’d chosen pink panties. Her cheeks heated to a temperature of an iron on the hottest setting. On the front of the delicate silk, her desire left a large damp spot. Before she could cover it, Clint dove over the material with his mouth. Every cell in her body began to roar, to electrify. His tongue on the fabric lashed her clit underneath. She cried out.

“How does that feel, darlin?” Dustin murmured, kissing his way up her neck.

“A-Amazing. More. Please…”

Dustin stroked her hair. The guy could be so gentle, so kind. And yet so dangerous.

“Tell me what you’re feeling, Beth.” Dustin said, as he moved his hands to her nipples and latched on.

“Light-headed,” she panted. “Excited.”

With his dark eyes full of promise and raw desire, Clint ripped her panties away. An instant later, Dustin darted between her thighs and laved  his tongue over her clit. Her mouth went lax, insides doing somersaults. Gripping the soft silk of his hair in her hands, she moaned.
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“Do you want more?” Clint’s mouth on her breast was erotic torture.

Dustin drove her wild with his tongue on her clit.

She wanted to answer, but with both men tonguing her to new heights of intoxication, she couldn’t.

She couldn’t hold back another second. A vibration swirled inside her. “Y-Yes!”

Clint and Dustin didn’t ease up on her. Their mouths worked magic on her, and her orgasm exploded from her core to every nerve ending.

After a bit, her climax faded back. Her breathing steadied.

“You came for us. Good.” A hint of a smile showed on Clint’s face. “Just the first of many.”

Every whisper seemed to wander over her skin, raising goose pimples along the way. And the way he caressed her, kissed her, spoke to her blew her mind. A total tease at the outset, but he’d delivered, even as he reassured her.

Clint kept her on edge. He was more urgent, focused, as he took her mouth again. He never seemed to tire of her favorite activity. She closed her eyes as he deepened his kiss. When she opened them again, she saw his dark eyes staring back, unblinking, intense. He’d take and demand, then exact more. At that moment, she doubted herself. Could she satisfy such a man? Beth’s body stiffened at the thought.

As if sensing her fear, Clint gently slid his hand up her thigh while continuing their kiss. As his fingers skated over her mound, settling in firm circles on her clit, she tensed again, this time neither from fear or unease. Instead, the infinite want these two men extracted from her made her rigid all over.

Clint continued his friction on her clit. Another climax took her.

“G-God!” Tears fell from her eyes. Detonations from the orgasm erupted inside her.

“That’s it, Beth.” Clint whispered. “Let yourself go. Feel everything. There’s more to come. Much more.”

When her climax quieted, Beth locked gazes with Clint. She imagined him hungry, ready to pounce.

He lifted her up from the sofa as if she was made of air. She could feel his rock-solid arms, one around her shoulders, the other beneath her knees. She leaned her head into his chest.

“Time to move this to the bedroom.” Clint’s voice, low and measured, seduced.

Dustin nodded. “I agree.”

Beth’s toes curled. The bedroom. She knew what would happen. Here, in her living room, she might still be able to stop them from moving horizontal. But in there?

Still, she couldn’t find the will to end the evening.

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Tell me what you enjoy about the excerpt most or what in the excerpt intrigued you most. Comment here by Friday, and I’ll randomly choose a winner to receive an ebook of Kris’s first menage book, PERFECTION and a copy of my menage ebook, DANGEROUS BOYS AND THEIR TOY. Enjoy!

Sorry for the long absence, all. I’ve had a few mom things that needed attention and was feeling a bit under the weather last week. Better now, I think.

Not much news to update you on… Still working on DB4 and beginning to make progress. The plot has been approved by my editor, so it’s full steam ahead. Just waiting on the official title, since my first suggestion was too close to another title Pocket is publishing next summer. Bummer, but not much I can do.

I’ve done a self-edit on my half of FOUR PLAY (anthology with Maya Banks), Her Fantasy Men. I’m happy with the story and can’t wait to share it with you. It’s uber hot, if I say so myself. It comes out next October, but I’m hoping you find it worth the wait.

I’ve been surprised by emails requesting a book about Blade and Lucia (the continuation of the Sexy Caper series after Strip Search). I’m also receiving a fair amount of requests for more books about Cam, Thorn and Brenna (from Dangerous Boys and Their Toy). I’m also hearing from readers about what they’d like to see happen next in the Doomsday Brethren series. I wish I could accommodate all these requests, but eventually I may get to hit a few, at least. I’ll keep you posted.

Other than that… I bought advance tickets for New Moon this coming Friday. Can’t wait! I picked up a DVD of The Ugly Truth. I loved that flick! We also purchased Band Hero over the weekend. It’s probably one of the most fun in the Guitar Hero series, IMO. I watched way too much HGTV and History Channel this weekend. Oh, and I raked leaves. Ugh!

So now that it’s Monday, I’m back on track (I hope). Wish me luck!

Not to imply that everyone isn’t a winner… But with Bonnie’s help, I have the names of the winners from my two most recent contests:

The winner of the $50 Amazon gift certificate is…Christy!

The winner of the 10 books, including 2 signed by me is…Blanche!

Ladies, please use the contact form on my website to give me your information. To everyone, thank you for participating, and getting the word out out POSSESS ME AT MIDNIGHT!!

Still fighting my elbow, so I’m blogging sparingly, but more soon!