Release Day for Ely’s Epiphany

Ely’s Epiphany (Lexie’s Guys, 2), an Erotic Contemporary Romance/M-M, is out today!  My first M/M and probably my HOTTEST book ever! Loved the two gay ex-military who raised Lexie (Search & Rescue,  Lexie’s Guys, 1), so gave them their own story. Will they have a HEA or totally screw things up? Check out the blurb:

For Todd Anderson, a West Point graduate from a wealthy family, it was love at first sight. Living with Ely wasn’t easy, but it was the only life for him. When Ely plays too nice, Todd fears his partner—his first and only lover who introduced him to the gay lifestyle and sizzling hot sex—is preparing him for a Christmas breakup. Will this Christmas be their last together?
Ex-Green Beret Ely Locklear survived a childhood filled with poverty and abuse by building a wall around his heart. Although the millionaire mercenary and entrepreneur has a family and partner who love him, the wall and rough edges remain. When his ward’s new Army Ranger husband shows him that loving someone isn’t a weakness, he wonders if it’s too late for a fresh start with his partner.
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Cover Reveal for Search And Rescue

Tomorrow is RELEASE DAY for Search And Rescue, a sizzling hot contemporary military romance from Champagne Book Group in its Carnal Passions line. The story takes place in my home town of Mobile, Alabama and is the first of two stories in the Lexie’s Guy’s series. Check out the cover.

More info, tomorrow.  Rita

My Last Orphan

   Ely’s Epiphany, my last Secret Cravings orphan, is a contemporary M/M military erotic Christmas romance. It is a humorous, scorching hot, stand-alone sequel to Search & Rescue that contains very explicit M/M sex scenes and graphic language. It is scheduled for release in November in Champagne Book Group’s Carnal Passions line. Ely and Todd, now living in a palatial home in South Georgia with Lexie (their former ward) and her new husband, are ex-Green Beret gay partners who are in the process of examining their relationship. It’s a difficult, at times humorous, proposition, since they’re not on the same page.Here’s the blurb:

    Will Christmas bring a breakup or a new beginning for ex-Green Beret partners Ely and Todd? For Todd Anderson, a West Point graduate from a wealthy family, it was love at first sight. Living with Ely wasn’t easy, but it was the only life for him. When Ely plays too nice, Todd fears his partner—his first and only lover who introduced him to the gay lifestyle and sizzling hot sex—is preparing him for a Christmas breakup. Will this Christmas be their last together?

     Ex-Green Beret Ely Locklear survived a childhood filled with poverty and abuse by building a wall around his heart. Although the millionaire mercenary and entrepreneur has a family and partner who love him, the wall and rough edges remain. When his ward’s new Army Ranger husband shows him that loving someone isn’t a weakness, he wonders if it’s too late for a fresh start with his partner.

In Ely’s Epiphany, Ely is a master chef. While I’m not a master chef, I love to cook and used my own recipes in the story. I’ll share them as we near publication.   Rita

My Orphans Have A Home

Great news (for me, anyway)! My two short contemporary military romances that were orphaned when Secret Cravings closed last year will be published by Champagne Book Group (CBG). The two-book series, “Lexie’s Guys,” will be published in CBG’s erotic line, Carnal Passions. Thanks to CBG for allowing me to expand and update both books. Check out the blurb for Search & Rescue, a sizzling M/F romance, which is scheduled for publication in October, 2016:

   Not every search ends with a rescue. One look at Captain Taylor Jackson at a Career Day at Spring Hill College and wealthy coed Lexie Carter knew he was The One. In six months they’re engaged and the wedding set for after graduation. When Taylor is reported killed in action in Afghanistan two months before their wedding, Lexie is devastated, her hopes for a family of her own crushed. Can she survive a future without Taylor or will she succumb to her grief?

   Army Ranger Taylor Jackson fell in love at first sight with young Lexie Carter. While on a mission in Afghanistan, he is captured by insurgents after taking his brother’s place on patrol. When Taylor escapes and returns home on what should have been their wedding day, Lexie has disappeared under ominous circumstances. Can he find her in time to rescue her from her fate?

I look forward to sharing an excerpt or two when edits are completed. Later this week, Ely’s Epiphany.  Rita

Cyber Monday Bargains Today Only

Cyber Monday specials abound. Please share, if you have more. Throughout December check Rita Bay’s Blog for Authors’ Gifts where authors share a freebie book link and their latest release.   For now, check out these great specials.

All Romance Ebooks is running a 50% off all books today only. You get the discount in rebates for future purchases. Click icon to shop Cyber Monday.

Liquid Silver Books’ whole catalog is 50% off.

 

Champagne Books is running super specials all day today.

 

The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia

In a luxurious resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia where the trees stand cloaked in fall colors, the apples and pumpkins are ripe for harvest, and pots of apple cider simmer beside the fireplace, a couple in the autumn of their lives surrender to lust and discover love.

For the next few days, I’ll share the beautiful fall scenery of North Georgia which is the location for my erotic contemporary romance from Liquid Silver Books, The Caretaker’s Lady. The first feature is an image of Blue Ridge Mountain in North Georgia with a short excerpt from the book. The play of light and shadow on the fall scenery is magnificent.

John stopped on the path. Cathy halted beside him.

“Close your eyes for a moment while we step onto the overlook.”

She frowned. “That requires a bit of trust.”

He squeezed her hand. “You can always trust me, Cathy.”

“Okay.” She closed her eyes and took his arm as he guided her forward a few feet.

“Open your eyes now.” She heard the excitement in his voice. Then she saw why.

The Blue Ridge Mountains lay before them in their early autumn colors. In places, the clouds obscured the sunlight, creating a chiaroscuro patchwork of brilliant color and shadow in the valleys and on the mountainsides.

“Thank you for sharing this with me, John. It’s magnificent. Pristine, as though people have never walked these mountains.”

Read an excerpt or buy The Caretaker’s Lady from Liquid Silver Books HERE or from AMAZON or AllRomanceEBOOKS

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Cover Reveal: The Caretaker’s Lady

This week I received the e-mail I’d been waiting for from Valerie, the Marketing Art Assistant at Liquid Silver Books. Check out the cover for The Caretaker’s Lady, my scorching hot contemporary romance that’s set at a high-end resort in the mountains of North Georgia. I LOVE it. This was my first older hero/heroine story and I was a bit apprehensive about how it would look and market. The artist, Kendra Egert from Creations By Kendra, nailed the hero and heroine perfectly. Kendra delivered with a touch of fall also.  Liquid Silver Books will release The Caretaker’s Lady in September.

Jasmine Bloom, queen of the bodice rippers for three decades, never thought she would become a victim of writer’s block. When family stress causes Cathy Morrow, who writes as Jasmine Bloom, to miss a deadline, Blaylock Publishing accepts a mysterious invitation for Cathy to visit The Mountain Ridge Resort to revive her muse.

Divorced for two decades with three grown children and two grandsons living in her home, Cathy can’t find the inspiration she needs to write the sizzling-hot romances that gained her fame and fortune. At the resort, Cathy meets a hot maintenance worker who warms the cool nights. Will she be content to role-play his favorite scorching-hot love scenes from her novels then return home to her dull routine?

The caretaker’s job at the resort allows billionaire John Murdock to live the life he loves in the Blue Ridge Mountains and keep a centuries-old family vow. When Cathy Morrow arrives at the resort, she lights a fire he’d banked years ago. Will she look beyond his white hair and menial job to appreciate what he offers—passion with the prospect for love?

Tomorrow, Hannah Lokos visits An Authors Desk

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Contract Announcement for Conquering Cupid

It’s my pleasure to announce that Champagne Book Group (CBG) has contracted for Conquering Cupid, the first novella in the humorous, Greek mythology-based, erotic series “Cupid’s Back in Business.” The series evolved from Her Teddy Bare (See cover), a sexy, humorous short story published by Champagne in their erotic series, “Aphrodite’s Island.” Check out the blurb for Conquering Cupid.

Love and lust, the perfect mix for a happily ever after. When popular artist Diana Harper dumped her cheating fiancé and accepted an invitation “to attend a private event at Miss A’s island retreat to experience your most secret dreams and fondest fantasies,” her hostess gave her Teddy as an “attendant.” Despite his best efforts, Teddy is no submissive. Diana, however, plays his game for the profound passion, the best sex ever, and love that could last a lifetime.

Billionaire philanthropist Theodore Cooper “Coop” Bareston III fell in love with Diana when he saw her working out at his elite gym in New York City. He was willing to do anything to win her love, including wearing a skimpy thong in his “Teddy” role and posing nude in chains when Di’s interest in her art revived. As the sexual tension builds and passions explode, Teddy discovers he is intensely aroused by  playing the submissive to his Di’s domme.

After moving into Coop’s East Side penthouse, Diana is sucked into a world inhabited by supernatural denizens with powers beyond her imagination. Can she survive the challenges confronting her to live in Coop’s world or will she turn her back on the extraordinary destiny within her grasp?

The novellas in the “Cupid’s Back in Business”  series will tell the humorous erotic tales of Theodore Cooper Bareston III who, after he finds love with artist Diana Harper, takes up his bow and arrows to bring passion and love into the lives of lonely people. While pursuing their own happily-ever-after, Coop, a closet submissive, and Di, a reluctant domme, must deal with a powerful pantheon of nosy and interfering gods and goddesses. Conquering Cupid is scheduled for release in December.

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Contract Announcement for The Caretaker’s Lady

I’m pleased to announce that Liquid Silver Books has contracted for The Caretaker’s Lady, a scorching hot contemporary romance that features 50-something, sexy seniors. Check out the blurb:

“Pass the grits and call me y’all?” Jasmine Bloom, queen of the bodice rippers for three decades, never thought she’d be a victim of writer’s block. When family stress causes Cathy Morrow who writes as Jasmine Bloom to miss a deadline, Blaylock Publishing accepts a mysterious invitation for Cathy to visit The Mountain Ridge Resort in the North Georgia mountains to revive her muse.

Divorced for two decades with three grown children and two grandsons living in her home on the Jersey shore, Cathy can’t find the inspiration she needs to write the sizzling hot romances that gained her fame and fortune. After a total makeover at the resort, Cathy meets a hot maintenance worker who warms the cool nights. Will she be content to role-play his favorite scorching hot love scenes from her novels, then return home to her daily routine?

The caretaker’s job at the resort allows widower John Murdock to live the life he loves in the Blue Ridge Mountains and keep a centuries-old family vow. When adorable Cathy Morrow arrives at the resort, besides igniting the staff’s curiosity about “The Mystery” of the invitation, she lights a fire he’d banked years ago. Will she look beyond his white hair and menial job to appreciate what he offers – passion with the prospect for love?

Check out the Cover & Story Inspiration Pics for The Caretaker’s Lady on Pinterest

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General Release of DUCHESS IN WAITING

Duchess in Waiting is now available at general ebook outlets.

Duchess in Waiting is an erotic Regency romance, a Siren Classic which contains voyeurism, light consensual BDSM, and support characters (a dominatrix and her lover employed at the local brothel) who try to steal the story, but settle for educating the Duchess. Check out the cover (Harris Channing), blurb, and buy info below.

It’s not nice to keep a lady waiting. Lady Ellen Hammond languished for years at Madame Foret’s Academy for Young Ladies while her fiancé and guardian, the Duke of Ralston, enjoyed a rake’s life in London. When she must return to England to escape the violence of the Revolution, she decides that the life of a long-suffering duchess-in-waiting is not for her.

Posing as a valet, Devon Townsley, the Duke of Ralston, accompanies Robert Montclair to Paris to rescue Ellen and her English friends. Unprepared to settle down, he wants to discover if his fiancée will make a suitable duchess. He has his doubts when he must rescue her from captivity in a brothel.

Determined to settle her business in London and travel the world, Ellen finds romance and passion with Rob’s aggravating valet, Tobias Stanford. When sparks ignite between the two and burst into a passionate affair, Devon reconsiders his commitment to living a rake’s life. He discovers, however, that his deceit has a high price.

Buy or read an XXcerpt at Siren BookStrand HERE or my Siren BookStrand AUTHOR PAGE that includes all of my stories and now at general ebook outlets. AMAZON/KOBO/NOOK/BOOKSTRAND