Calendar Boy by Helen Hardt

Sparks fly when an introverted erotica author meets her favorite cover model...but what exactly is he after?

Forty-five year old erotica author Stacy has always been an introvert, but when her favorite cover model corners her at a writers' conference, she swallows her inhibitions and teases him. Michael, thirty-six, knows his career as a model and stripper is rapidly coming to an end. He's here to find an attractive older woman to keep him in his customary lifestyle. Enter the lovely Stacy. As Michael helps her overcome her shyness, Stacy discovers the joys of life inside and outside the bedroom...until she discovers Michael's ulterior motive. She's nobody's sugar mama. Too bad for Michael, who might be in a little deeper than he thought.

The Cougar Club Volume 1 by Lizzie T. Leaf

Two books in One!   Barely Legal by Lizzie T. Leaf

Should Katherine set aside her feelings for Corin, a much younger man, and give her cheating husband, Rex, another chance?

Katherine, 50, never thought she'd fall for a younger man. Her best friend, Monique is the one who enjoys the hot, young, hunks. However, while in Las Vegas waiting for her divorce to finalize, she meets Corin. Young as he is on paper, he offers her more in and out of the bedroom than her, soon to be ex-husband ever did.

This is a re-issue of a previously published work.

 

The Cowboy and the Cougar by Helen Hardt

Cowboy Jack is everything Holly wishes for...so why does she keep running away?

A hot time with a gorgeous young cowboy is just what the doctor ordered for forty-year-old Holly. But after a night of unbridled passion, she leaves discreetly. Life has other plans for her. After the best sex of his life, single father Jack isn't ready to give up his mystery woman. When he runs into her several months later, he pursues her relentlessly regardless of their eleven year age difference. Holly's life has changed since meeting Jack, and she's convinced she's not what he needs. Can her new friends at the Cougar Club persuade her to stop running? Or will she lose the best thing to ever happen to her?

This is a re-issue of a previously published work.

In The Name of Trust by Kendra Mei Chailyn

If Kiki isn't afraid to fight for her man, she could have everything she's ever wanted...

A year ago, Jackson Crenshaw met Kiki Henry at the gas station and was instantly smitten. They went on a few dates---a few beautifully, amazing dates, then Kiki disappeared.

Jackson Crenshaw is exhausted. After his best friend's wedding, he allows Cassius to talk him into going on vacation to Jamaica. Leaving the business in Cassius' capable hands, Jackson jumps on a plane and jetted off to Ochio Rios where he plans to do nothing but.

Born of Blood and Retribution by Liz Strange

The world's first vampire has come calling and she isn't happy....

After the brutal showdown with the Demarais and the reunion with Giovanni, Rachel is looking for nothing more than some peace and privacy. Harshika, the world's first vampire, has other ideas. She's not pleased with the immortal race as a whole, finding them weak and too "human". When called before her, the immortals are given an ultimatum: Submit to Harshika as her subjects or die.

Now Rachel and her old friends must join with new allies to discover Harshika's weakness...hopefully in time to gain freedom for them all.

Butterfly Kisses by Lizzie T. Leaf

Susan, an artist, has lived happily without a man. She has raised her son Scott and has had moderate success as an artist. One day, Scott brings his boss and friend, Tony, home to spend Thanksgiving. Tony and Susan are attracted to each other at once and they share some passionate nights together. But Susan is worried about their age difference and tries to resist him. Tony's ex-girlfriend doesn't seem to want to let go and when Susan sees them together one day, she makes the break. Scott is also having his own girl troubles. Can Susan and Tony overcome their problems and find a happy ever after or is their relationship only a temporary lust?

Claim Me (The McAllister Sisters' Trilogy) by Ann Brown

Elysse McComb, an orphan, lives and works as a seamstress for aristocrats. She hates her subservient status, rebels, and finds herself without money, support, or a home.


Blue Hamilton, born the heir of a Scottish duke, works as a horse trainer in England. Frustrated by a lifetime of forced hiding, he fights for justice, his identity, his life.


*Elysse and Blue crash together and are chased across Great Britain on their quest for renewed destinies. They forge into southern Scotland, and evade a power-hungry madman in order to claim security, truth, and love.

Goldi and the Bear by Jessica Aspen

Goldi Lycan's life is falling apart; her dad's gone wild wolf, her house is under threat of foreclosure, and the only one she can turn to for help is her high school boyfriend whose heart she crushed.

Goldi Lycan's father has gone wild wolf. She needs his signature and the money he's hidden or the bank will foreclose and sell to a buyer she suspects is her ex-boyfriend, whose heart she crushed. Zeke has a secret. He's never stopped loving Goldi, or forgotten their steamy nights together, and he's determined to make her pay. When Goldi is injured in a Rocky Mountain blizzard she's forced to take shelter in Zeke's empty house. But look out! When Zeke arrives home to find a naked she-wolf in his bed, all hell will break loose.

The Cowboy and The Cougar by Helen Hardt

Cowboy Jack is everything Holly wishes for...so why does she keep running away?

A hot time with a gorgeous young cowboy is just what the doctor ordered for forty-year-old Holly. But after a night of unbridled passion, she leaves discreetly. Life has other plans for her. After the best sex of his life, single father Jack isn't ready to give up his mystery woman. When he runs into her several months later, he pursues her relentlessly regardless of their eleven year age difference. Holly's life has changed since meeting Jack, and she's convinced she's not what he needs. Can her new friends at the Cougar Club persuade her to stop running? Or will she lose the best thing to ever happen to her?
 

This is a re-issue of a previously published work.

New Release: Barely Legal by Lizzie T. Leaf

Should Katherine set aside her feelings for Corin, a much younger man, and give her cheating husband, Rex, another chance?


Katherine, 50, never thought she'd fall for a younger man. Her best friend, Monique is the one who enjoys the hot, young, hunks. However, while in Las Vegas waiting for her divorce to finalize, she meets Corin. Young as he is on paper, he offers her more in and out of the bedroom than her, soon to be ex-husband ever did.

New Release: Love and Murder in Red Satin by Karalee Long

When a marriage counselor accused of murdering her ex-husband unwittingly accepts help from a homicide detective set on proving her guilty, passion ignites amid flying bullets.

Allie Blair, a divorced marriage counselor accused of murdering her ex-husband, tries to prove her innocence but unwittingly accepts the help of the one man who wants to prove her guilt.

Greg Weston, a Denver homicide detective, vows to bring his cousin's accused murderer, Allie Blair, to justice. To win her trust, he signs up for a class she's teaching, "What Women Want."

When Allie becomes a target of the actual killer, her sizzling chemistry with Greg ignites into passion too hot to ignore. But Greg knows even if they survive, he'll lose Allie when she learns he's a cop.

Karalee Long talks about the writing process

Good afternoon, today sitting on the porch with us is PIP author Karalee Long. Welcome Karalee. Finally some sun! So on this gorgeous day why don’t you first start off by telling us why do you write?

Karalee - It's almost a cliche, but I write because I can't not write. I'm happy when I'm writing. Maybe that's because I want happy endings in real life as well as in fiction.

Colleen – Yes, if only we were all guaranteed a happy ending like in a good romance novel! So what kind of writer are you…a plotter or panster?

 Karalee - I'm a hybrid. I know where my story begins, I know some of the events along the way, but for the most part, I have to wait for my characters to tell me what they're going to say and do.

Colleen – So your characters have a mind of their own. I like that! Okay, you know where the story is going to begin, does that mean you write from the beginning? Or do you prefer the middle or end?

Karalee - I write from the beginning, and I can't begin writing a story until I get the opening, the names of the main characters—gotta have the names, and what their problems are—at least their external conflicts. I don't always know the ending except it will be a Happily Ever After (HEA).

Colleen – Absolutely need their names to start! You should always know what it’s in your characters' purse or wallet as well as what keeps them up at night. So tell us a little about your current story.

Karalee - I'm writing a contemporary paranormal romantic suspense featuring a heroine who is a wrong-man magnet with a cop for a big brother and a hero who is an English teacher just turned vampire with a conscience and doesn't want to kill people.

 Colleen –Sounds interesting. I think we all can relate to being a wrong-man magnet at one time or another! Luckily, I found the right-man magnet. What do you have coming out next with Passion In Print Press?

 My contemporary romantic suspense, Love and Murder In Red Satin, set in Colorado is scheduled for release June 15, 2013. My book features a marriage counselor suspected of murdering her ex-husband, a cop out for redemption and maybe a bit of revenge, a neat-freak killer, burned pancakes, and hot passion.

Karalee Long has been writing stories since second grade. Reading comic books taught her story structure while her imagination conjured characters to talk with and adventures to plot. She now writes romantic suspense and paranormal romantic suspense novels.

She lives at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an alpha male cockatiel who owns the family room, and Bad Boy Bones who came to visit at Halloween and now resides in the living room—without paying rent. She and her husband are blessed with a wonderful son, amazing daughter-in-law, and lovable grandson.

She loves to hear from readers at www.karaleelong.com.

Or catch her at www.facebook.com/karaleelong.

Little Red Riding Wolf brings home awards!

Congratualtions to PIP author Jessica Aspen! Her novella Little Red Riding Wolf has received an Award of Merit in the Holt Medallion Contest and is a finalist in the Golden Quill. It also received Honorable Mention in the 2011 Stroke of Midnight Contest.

Jessica also has available from PIP Snow and the Seventh Wolf, second book in Twisted Tales series: Come Into The Woods. Her third, Goldi and the Bear, will be released next month.

 

 

PIP chats with author Lynn Cahoon

Good Afternoon! Today sitting with us at Passion In Print is author Lynn Cahoon. Hi Lynn, thanks for spending time with here in the author’s spotlight. First, tell us why do you write?

 Lynn -  What a great question. I write because I love telling the happy ever after. The characters in my story become real to me as I’m telling their adventures. A few years ago I had a health scare. 2007 was the year of breast cancer for me. And as I thought about my life, I knew I wanted to tell my stories. So I started writing.

Colleen – So are you a plotter or pantser?

 Lynn -  A pantser who’s trying really hard to turn into a plotter. Oh, don’t worry, I’m not going crazy on this, but I’d like to have an idea of the basics before I write the entire book and have to go back and revise it into submission. The problem is, the characters in my books are like a spirited horse, they like to have their head and take over the process.

Colleen – Characters do get demanding at times don’t they? So Lynn, what inspires you?    

Lynn -  Bright and shiny’s. Seriously, I love the idea of a new story. The challenge. Someone called it the new boyfriend smell. Especially when I hit the dreaded middle and my mind starts to wander to the next story. Right now I have seven books in the cue to write, so my BS has to be put on a waiting list. Sometimes, I take a break and write a short, just so I can get my craving satisfied.

I am going to make sure I load it on my ereader when I hit the Jersey Shore this weekend. Colleen- The new boyfriend smell! I like that. So what do you have coming out with Passion In Print Press?

Lynn- Temporary Roommates is my first release with Passion In Print Press. Here’s the short blurb - Recent nursing grad, Annie Baxter needs to find an apartment. Fast and cheap. Intern Troy Saunders, just wants a place to crash and shower within walking distance of the hospital. Two leasing agents, two newly inked rental contracts, one apartment. Can they co-exist without fireworks?

Temporary Roommateswill be followed up by a second story, yet to be named, taking Annie and Troy through their paces.

Colleen– Sounds like a wonderful beach read!

Lynn Cahoon is a contemporary romance author with a love of hot, sexy men— both real and imagined. Her alpha heroes range from rogue witch hunters, modern cowboys, or hot doctors, sexy in scrubs. And her heroines all have one thing in common, their strong need for independence. Or at least that’s what they think they want.  She blogs at her website www.lynncahoon.wordpress.com

The Sweet Road to Love by Jacki Kelly

Bookstore owner, Dakota Conroy has been dumped by her long distance boyfriend. While the sting is still branded in her brain she decides to pour her excess energy into the store's renovation with the help of engineering specialist, Bishop Contee. His charm is irresistible, but his reputation for womanizing is legendary. Could he be a nice distraction while she mends her life?


Bishop Contee enjoys his women like he enjoys a fine glass of wine. When it comes to sowing his wild oats, he still has a pocket full. Besides, helping his sister get her life together is enough domestication for him. When he stumbles upon the eclectic beauty of Dakota, he's caught with his guard down.


Playing with fire is dangerous. Will these two take the risk for a lifetime together?

New Release: Beta Block by Karenna Colcraft

Can Brianna Wright overcome the demons of her past and create a new life with her true mate, Carlos Garza?

Candace Wright is new to the Boston North Pack and to Boston in general. Stalked by rogue werewolf Saul Hughes, who victimized her in her previous pack, Candace just wants to start a new life, beginning with a new name, Brianna. The moment City Pack Beta Carlos Garza meets Candace/Brianna, he knows he has found his mate. But can he help her overcome the demons of her past and escape from the control Saul Hughes still has over her?

(Men of City Pack Series)

New Release: Temporary Roomates by Lynn Cahoon

When a determined nurse and a hot intern find the perfect apartment, the same perfect apartment, they must find a way to share it for ninety days, without killing each other.

Annie Baxter has her dream job. Now, all she needs is a cheap apartment close to the hospital. Troy Saunders knows his life as an intern is all about the long hours. He doesn't have time to play doctor to some Nurse Barbie. So when his sister finds a great apartment walking distance to work and next to the best running paths in the city, he's sold. Two leasing agents, two prospective renters, one apartment. Can they co-exist without fireworks?

Re-released: Adventures of the Soul

Working as a wedding coordinator? /Bah humbug./ Psy has worked along side her husband, Cue, in the love biz for millennia. Â She's finally had enough. No more Bridezillas and hated white cakes, she's ready for some excitement.

Too bad she forgot to be careful about what she wished for.

Apollo has gone missing and, according to her devious in-laws, finding him is Psy's job. With the help of her sexy husband, her irresponsible son, her wacky secretary, an amorous bird, and Zeus's favorite love slave, that is.

Sheesh. If Psy's life gets any more exciting, she might just lose her marbles.

This is a re-issue of a previously published work.

New Release: Rescue Me by Ann Brown

A woman running from humiliation and a man running from manipulation rescue each other with love.


A beautiful commoner, Angela, ever a victim, runs from shame, and is chased by rapists into an abandoned coal mine. A powerful aristocrat, Tom, trapped by familial obligations, refutes his father's wishes, and uncovers a nefarious scheme. The commoner and the aristocrat are forced together when an unfortunate accident blinds the nobleman. Angela nurses Tom in an abandoned mining barracks, and they fall in love. But...the evil greed of Tom's father intervenes, and throws the lovers into peril via manipulation, lies, and abduction. Angela and Tom are forced to move earth, literally and figuratively, for the sake of love.

Re-released: My Love Eternal by Liz Strange

Forever is a long time to live without love....

Love often appears at the most surprising times, and for Rachel it will be born from a world of darkness, violence and blood.

A chance encounter has led her to Giovanni and a love to live forever. Yet Giovanni's past continues to threaten their future, keeping them on the run across the world and against time. The Desmarais are powerful enemies, carrying on a centuries old vendetta and they will not stop until they have their revenge. Can their love survive?

This is a re-issue of a previously published work.

New Release: Her Reluctant Viscount by Aliyah Burke

A man who has given his all in defense of the Crown encounters the one woman destined to make him understand he's allowed a life of his own.

Trystan Wilkes has secretly served the Crown for years. Josephine Adrys is the one woman he can't forget. She becomes an unwitting pawn in a cloak-and-dagger game with The Alchemist, once believed dead. As the threat of death shadows them, his only choice---protect the woman who owns his heart.

Jo knows what the /tonne/ speaks of when they titter behind their fans. Wild child from Africa. Untamed. Swept into a world of danger and intrigue she works with the man she's loved for years---a temptation. Will being on the run and in close quarters allow him to see how perfect they are for one another.

New Release: Kendra Mei Chailyn

If Jessa isn't afraid to beg forgiveness, she could make her wildest dreams come true.

Jessa Phillips has the life she's always dreamed of--a thriving weddinggown boutique, a loving sister and a wonderful brother-in-law. The only thing missing is the love of her life, Cassius Oppa. But her bubble is about to burst when her sister is in a severe car accident and on her death bed reveals a secret that changes everything.

The night his courtship of Jessa Phillips went horribly wrong, a young Cassius Oppa packed up, jumped on his motorcycle and fled the small town. After spending days homeless, he sold his family's prized guitar and joined the Air Force. Years later, he's out and living his dream when Jessa Phillips turns up on his doorstep. A storm is brewing and after, what will be left?

New Release: Warrior Poet by Diane Merlin

Marina crosses the galaxy for love only to discover she might lose it because of the law of the jungle.

Through an interstellar dating service, Marina Mehranmeets the man of her dreams. After getting to know Akay and reading his wonderful poetry, she throws caution to the wind and travels to Suli to make a life for herself.

But the Sulians harbor secret customs about mating that off-worlders aren't privy to. Descended from felines, they adhere to the laws of the jungle where only the strongest are allowed to mate.

Can Akay, the intellectual man she's come to love, win her hand through combat? Or will she spend her life mated to a stranger?

New Release: Man of My Dreams by Laura Kit Chell

Cole Pennington thinks getting a job as host on the reality dating show The Man of My Dreams is his dream come true. Then he meets Annasil Pakstasia. As a contestant, Annasil's job is to win the heart of The Man. She doesn't expect to find real love on a television show, much less with the host. Cole is charming, genuine, and completely irresistible.What's he doing in show business? Annasil is beautiful, successful, and intelligent.What's she doing on this show? One thing's for certain. Per their contracts, to each other, they're off limits.

New Release: Snow and the Seventh Wolf by Jessica Aspen

Exiled for attempting to kill his sister's lover, the last thing Seth needs is to be saddled with a human. But Seth can't turn his back when he discovers Snow fleeing from her avaricious step-parents murder plot. Isolated in a cabin in the woods, Snow attempts seduction and Seth discovers even werewolves are vulnerable to passion's temptation. Seth's angry struggles against his desire drive him away, but his over-protective alpha nature won't let him abandon a female in distress. With Snow in danger again, can Seth overcome his prejudices in time to save Snow from her step-parents evil plan?