I’ve been crippled with a weird stomach bug, but in my illness I have still managed to have the strength to get online and shop. Between trips to toilet to hug the old marble throne, I’ve registered and bought from the eharlequin site. Shit, now that they have that Nocturne line (recommended by Jaynie R), those deals can go to the sort of books I like best– paranormal and fantasy. I know, I know, my determination to spend money on books is astonishing. Did you know they take $4 off your first purchase when you register? And you get like 20% off when you order from the store (the shipping cost does put a dent in my enthusiasm)?

Amber Quill Press has a new gay/lesbian imprint, Amber Allure, which leaves me to ask– where’s the girl on girl action? One stinkin’ novella of the lesbian lovin’ in the WHOLE site? Though, all my bitching aside, I think its a good idea. Now, if you want some manly men making sweet sweet monkey love with other manly men, you can find the genre that you want instead of browsing through the gay/lesbian section looking for a cover that looks like a western or what have you.

Teddy Pig gives us all a lesson on how to organize our ebooks on itunes. Its very neat and he also shows how (with PICTURES) to save your ebooks on a CD. Marvelous!

December Quinn has a great series on choosing publishers up on her blog. Its something that I think that everyone starting out in the ebook business should check out. It could save some heartache later on. Trust me.

Now, my Pretties, I’m going to be sick again so enjoy these tidbits I have gathered for you.

Love Under Siege by Samantha Kane is hot. Really hot. This ebook should come with the warning that your screen will burst into flames and will singe your eyebrows. Not only that, but it has a lot more at its core. Its the story of a women’s (Maggie) sexual awakening that is told with sympathy and honesty (even though in real life, two hot guys wanting to pleasure and treasure you forever doesn’t really happen unless you sold your soul somewhere along the line). And, Maggie isn’t the only one who reaches a sexual maturity and road to understanding. Her two lovers, Philip and Jonathon, go through the same thing as well. That is not to say that Love Under Siege is introspective by any means, but it has a soul to it that is lacking in many erotic romances. You can tell that all three of them love each other and the kinky sex they have doesn’t negate it by any means. This is a threesome written right. Love Under Siege gets an A.

Maggie and Philip have been married for three months and neither are satisfied sexually or emotionally. Philip can’t forget the time he spent in the Peninsula War with Jonathon where they relied on each other and shared everything in order to survive under the harsh Spanish sun. They also shared women. Philip is worried that his naive and virtuous bride would scorn him if she knew of his desires. Yeah, that doesn’t last for long. The plot is very focused on the relationship between Jonathon, Maggie, and Philip with only a few subplots that began and ran in and through Samantha Kane’s other books. Some people might be put off by this, but I thought that the intense focus on the threesome helped make it a real romance. Other threesomes I have read didn’t quite connect all the members of the trio to each other. In Love Under Siege, you can clearly see that everyone is in love with each other. Its like three love stories for the price of one. While the tight focus on the plot was a good thing, I wished that Kane could have woven the subplots a little better into the story. Its not all that noticeable, but it might annoy some readers.

The characters were fun and were a joy to read about. Love Under Siege works well as a stand alone book or in the Brothers In Arms series. If you don’t know, the Brothers In Arms series is about a group of veterans of the Peninsula War who, like Jonathon and Philip, have become very close and may or may not be sharing ladies. She manages to take similar stories and make them all different beyond boy and boy met girl and want to have crazy monkey sex with her. Samantha Kane is good at making characters. I’ve read everything that Kane has written and I have enjoyed them all. Love Under Siege is the best in the series and the best that she has written. Its a great book so if you like menages or historicals then you ought to check it out at Ellora’s Cave. What do you guys think about this book?

Okay, I have my pimp hat on. *Brushes the purple hat feathers out of her face* I am ready to give everyone a heads up on the newest books coming from some of my favorite authors.

Candy Kisses is a twisted fairytale that mirrors the original “Little Red Riding Hood”. Red is taking candy to grandma but she won’t quit eating them! Her mother warned her. Now she is faced with the titillating consequences.

Visit http://www.twilightfantasies.com/Candy%20Kisses.htm to purchase this Twisted Fairytale by Kissa Starling.

DRAGON DANCE now available!

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Self-preservation, not cowaradice, drove Cora Phillips to run from the supernatural intrigues surrounding Salim Aridi, Greg Cho, and their respective dragon aspects. She spent a year rebuilding a sense of normalcy, and she learned to cope with the residual nightmares that followed her brief collision with modern myth.

The moment Salim loses control, however, the dragons demonstrate just how meaningless human distance really is, and return to remind Cora that dragon ties are not so easily broken.

Now available for download!

If you haven’t read MATING CALL, the first book in the Dragon Queen trilogy, you can read an excerpt and download here!

MATING CALL and DRAGON DANCE receive 5 Champagne Flutes from Cocktail Reviews

“I LOVE these two books.” - Wilga Hill Boomerang of Cocktail Reviews

Aubrey Debauchery is a singer-songwriter who writes some beautiful and at times playfully wicked songs. One song of hers that I really like a lot is the “Love Letter to No One.” That might be a song to give some writers some inspiration.

I’ve seen her in concert, and she has a great presence, she can really work a crowd. Even if that crowd is behind a noisy pizzeria. My friends and I drove two hours to Gilbert to see her. And, that has to tell you that she is good because Gilbert is a confusing, crap hole of a suburb.

Try this girl out, you won’t be disappointed.

Okay, I had my Japanese oral final today, and I survived. I was literally shaking throughout the five minute conversation. Sensai Ishitawa and Fujio scare me sometimes. Usually when they make me speak Japanese. Now, I know that I will need some good ebooks to calm my nerves and relax me enough so that I can sleep after all the cramming and such.

So, does anyone have any recommendations? I like paranormals and fantasy books, but I just read some good comtemporaries by La Nora (I had never read her before but now I know why she is so popular) and Jennifer Crusie so if you want to throw some my way that would be great. Any lesbian or gay romances would be lovely, but I just love a good romance no matter what body parts are interlocking. Ebooks would be preferable.

Aren’t I just a demanding diva?