When I was nine years old, my older brother had quite the collection of Sci-Fi paperback novels. His favorite writers were Heinlein and Asimov, and he used to get ballistic if I tried to sneak a book off the shelf. Finally, he got tired of constantly coming in my room to retrieve them (I swear, I stole “Tunnel in the Sky” every other day) and he offered me a book that he just so happened to have two copies of.
“Keep this one,” he said. “You’re going to want to, anyway.” Continue reading
Take a lingering look at that cover, because it’s getting a complete re-do. I love the cover, don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t really give you a feel for the story. I mean, we’ve got a sassy, smoldering pirate. We’ve got a sensual, secretive stowaway and her fiercely protective brother. We’ve got a magical realm with mermaids and sirens and rival sea captains and evil men who think they run the world.
And oh, what fun adventure and steamy romance within it all. So I’ve decided to take this one into print next month (and Someday in Dublin should be available in print by next week!) and since I have to commission a print cover anyway, I might as well get something done that really gives you an idea of what you’re about to jump into.
So look for a cover tease here soon!! In the meantime, read an excerpt here and here.
So, I’ve been hard at work literally charting and mapping out The Elemental Novels, my next series. Unlike the Seeder Saga, I’m really working hard to be proactive with these plotlines.
With Seeder, it started off as one story that I hadn’t planned to write a sequel to (Sky Woman – which is free on Fridays this month for Kindle…check it out!), and morphed into a trilogy. And believe me, finding little things to tie back to from later books was a serious exercise in creativity.
But it ain’t nothin’ compared to this, honey child.
I started with an Excel spreadsheet with timelines that morphed into a Venn diagram of sorts that became a big flowchart with cross-references and highlighted supernatural abilities (based on their affinities for earth, air, fire and water) as well as critical plot points galore. It’s been crazy! And cool! But mostly crazy so far. It’ll get cooler once I get them all talking to each other. And sexing each other up. You know how I write.
Now I’m ready to pull together the scene pieces and snippets of dialogue I’ve jotted down here and there for book one, and get to fleshing it out. I’m hoping to have this one out by the end of the summer, and book two out by the end of the year (maybe sooner on that one…the guy from book two is seriously haunting my dark and dirty fantasies…).
Watch here for teases as I hash this one out. Like I said…it’s going to be epic.
Oh, the jokes I could make with this title and theme. Wanna get nailed? Here’s a guy who knows how to screw!
Nah, too juvenile.
But seriously, folks…this one is nothing but pure, hot sex. I like to write steam, but I do try to weave a good romance around it. This one is different. This one is straight, pulsing lust and friends with definite benefits.
And it can be in your sweaty little hands for a mere $.99 – just like all my novellas.
It’s short, sweet, and really pounds the point, if you get my casual inference.
Here’s the blurb:
Lexa Bradley got the beach house when she and her husband split. The problem is, the thing needs a lot of work. She hires a contractor that can give her what she needs – in more ways than one. She soon discovers that Jake is very good with his hands and when it comes to satisfying a woman, he knows how to get the job done.
Hard Labor is available via Amazon for Kindle and Smashwords for all e-reading devices and PC.
What to do when you’re kidnapped to another planet, and find yourself being wooed by three brothers, all intent on sexing you up? Hell, you just go with it. And that’s what Miri ends up doing…again and again and again. In this scene, the youngest brother, Kaivan, is toying with her, setting the stage for a steamy evening. Continue reading
Britt DeLaney 