How many is too many contests?

Okay, I think I might be a contest slut. I had quite a few books published in 2008 and I've entered quite a number of contests this year as a result. Like double digits. Sigh.
Or maybe I'm just hooked on contests. Or maybe it's a diabolical plan to get my books in the hands of people who might otherwise not have read me. Yeah, I like that answer best. :)

List of my books published in 2008 that may or may not be coming to a contest near you. :)

The Mercenary's Wife
Sins of Their Fathers - with Emma Wildes
Rapture Volume One - with Emma Wildes, Morgan Ashbury, and Gracie C McKeever
Menagerie - a contest favorite. Menagerie has been a finalist twice already. Yea!
Mr. Right
The Perfect Tool
The Mistletoe Mistake
The Prosecutor's Paramour - e-release also in Rapture Volume One
Sex or Suffer

Check them all out at my Siren-BookStrand page HERE
Happy Reading!
L

Another G-Spot newsletter from Gracie McKeever

Click HERE to read the latest G-SPOT newsletter from fab author Gracie McKeever. :)
In it she reviews Menagerie for me because she's so cool.
(And I posted it below too) :)
Also is a graphic created by my friend Cindy W. She's also very cool. :)
Check it out.
Lara



MENAGERIE by Lara Santiago: I had the pleasure of being treated to a sneak peek of Lara Santiago’s MENAGERIE before its release at Siren and happily devoured it! This one had Lara’s trademark humor, fast - paced narrative and engaging characterization with the titillating addition of five very hunky and sexy heroes over which to drool instead of just the usual one . What’s a girl to do? Well if you’re one Valerie Thornhill, pleasantly plump accountant with a mother whose nagging her to settle down, get married and start giving her some grandchildren, you resist the powers that be—in this case a race of colorful alien beings who have abducted you—the best way you can and that is with guileless curiosity and wit. These weapons work fine up until Valerie meets her matches in five very handsome suitors who all need her for their continued existence, each with their own very distinct and attractive personalities: there’s Hauser, the negotiator and organizer who Valerie first encounters during her wandering trip through the alien craft; sweet Johnny with the artist’s soul; Mark the playful yet forceful charmer; shy and stuffy Frasier; then finally there’s big, bad intimidating Dominick…big, sexy, intriguing Dominick. No doubt Valerie has her hands full, but she proves to be up to the task of meeting the sexual demands of her group for the three - year term of service to which she has unintentionally agreed. If nothing else, Valerie is a trooper, but then the five hotties in this book make being a trooper so much less of a chore.

Lara handles each coupling with soul - searching sensitivity, juggling the multi - dimensional inter - personal relationships in and out of the bedroom with logic and style. The sex scenes are hot and sizzling, but more importantly, I loved the characters. Valerie is a feisty and intelligent heroine you can root for and empathize with and you certainly want her to get her happily ever after with all five of her heroes. That Lara makes this seemingly impossible scenario possible is a pleasing and revealing twist that I’ll leave up to the reader to discover.

With this book, Lara remains a favorite and auto - buy author for me! Check out her great sci - fi/fantasy at http://www.sirenpublishing.com

Rapture Volume 1 on sale...

My latest print anthology, Rapture Volume 1, with fabulous authors Emma Wildes, Gracie McKeever and Morgan Ashbury is on sale at Amazon.com Click here: Rapture Vol. 1 on sale at Amazon.

However, if you want to order it and receive free shipping...
go to Rapture Volume 1 at the Siren BookStore.



Book Description:
Four bestselling authors in erotic romance in one volume!

Lara Santiago's futuristic THE PROSECUTOR'S PARAMOUR, a prequel to The Wives Tales: In the year 2075, undercover enforcer Evie Marsh is dispatched to spy on the ambitious prosecutor, Zachary Valetta, only to fall in love and is betrayed by him as the radical Tiberius Group takes control of the U.S. and turns women into virtual properties in marriage auctions.

***** Gracie C. McKeever's urban fantasy SENTINEL'S HUNGER, a Sisters of Emsharra novella: Falling to a rare sentinel illness, Xevera Nanay encounters the biggest threat to her survival when paramedic Michael Constantine recognizes and imprisons her to exact revenge for what was done to his mother by her kind.

***** Morgan Ashbury's contemporary THE ENCHANTRESS, a Song of the Sirens novella: Twyla Harper is very good at "recovering" valuables for a living. Then she meets Nicholas Coultrain who gets under her skin and into her heart. There's only one problem: Nick is determined to bring down the Enchantress whose heist has destroyed his company.

***** Siren's #1 all-time bestselling author Emma Wildes's historical A DEVIL'S BARGAIN: Lady Isabelle is stolen by pirates and auctioned to the devil himself on a lawless tropical island. Condemned and banished, Devon Austin has a debt to settle, and when the daughter of his worst enemy falls into his lap, he takes advantage of the situation and will settle for nothing less than her very soul.

Enjoy!
L

Siren Publishing Day at EcataRomance!

You're invited!



Save the Date! The authors from Siren Publishing will be joining us at Sensual.Ecataromance.com on Wed August 22 & 23. Drop by throughout the day and say hello, ask questions, etc. It's super easy for you to participate.


Drop by any time throughout the day as this isn't a "real time" chat, but a discussion similar to that of a message board or an email list.

Visit this link: http://sensual.ecataromance.com/index.php?p=109

Scroll down, read the message, see which authors are participating (and visit their websites by clicking on their names) and then you'll find the comments & discussion at the bottom.

When you're ready to post, the form is at the very bottom of the page. Enter your name and a valid email address, write your comment in the main text box and press Submit Comment. Comments by first time visitors are moderated to reduce spam. Once your comment has been approved it will appear on the site for everyone to read. And from then on, any comments you make under the same name/email will be automatically approved.

The Siren authors are a great bunch and there's lots to talk about and tons of great book recommendations. So keep a pen and your To Be Read list handy. I'm sure you'll be adding new books to it!

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I shamelessly copied this from Gracie C. McKeever's newsletter message. :):)
She's my friend. Surely she won't mind, right? :)
L