Comments on: July Ebook Contest

By: Anonymous for too many ugly reasons

Anonymous for too many ugly reasons — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:16:10 +0000

I’m going to be the BAD ONE and recommend AN AUTHOR I DON’T LIKE for too many reasons I won’t list here.

I want to wait on pins and needles and see if one of the two Jaynes-can send Jaden Sinclair a fabulous break down letter on her books.

I recommend one in paticular. Here is the link.

http://www.silksvault.com/booktitles/Shifter.html

It is a shifter book, and if you choose it I guarantee you will be forced to finish it. Her website is just as horrible.

http://users.cjb.net/jadensinclair/index.html

By: Mary Lancaster

Mary Lancaster — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:12:43 +0000

Finally plucking up the courage to nominate my own book, An Endless Exile. This is a traditional romantic historical novel, telling the story of the eleventh centiry English hero, Hereward the Wake, from the first person view point of his strong-minded Flemish wife. It's full of adventure, romance, tragedy, betrayal, murder...:) You can read an excerpt here: http://www.marylancaster.com/Exile.htm. Available from Fictionwise.

By: samantha winston

samantha winston — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:47:51 +0000

I’ll go ahead and nominate something different – a m/m sci-fi romance from Changeling Press called Pradise Earth – Adam and Evan – it’s a novella.

By: Tilly Greene

Tilly Greene — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:37:22 +0000

JJ Massa's Montgomery Family! Start with Acting Like Family , the latest Family Doctor has just been released and Family at Risk is on the horizon. Or, try Emma Sinclair's A Walk on the Wild Side, phrew, what a fabulous read! But if you dare to try something truly wicked then I guess I'll suggest either either Come, Sweet Creature or Hamish Buchanan, yup both by me, Tilly Greene.

By: kate r

kate r — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:42:28 +0000

Keeping in my tradition of only pushing people I haven’t met:
Did I already mention A M Riley to you? She does vampire m/m (doesn’t EVERYONE these days?) but her voice is unique and her guys aren’t all alpha turkeys–some are complex and interesting. Here’s one of hers that’s free. I loved the book of hers I got from Changeling Press, but DAMN, it’s gone.

I like KG McAbee but . . .oh. . .after I went searching, she’s not publishing these days. I saw her listed as one of the authors not picked up after Inara went under. Dang. The only book of hers I could find is a Regency which is good, but it’s not her best.

Apparently I also have a tradition of recommending books that no longer exist. bah. I’ll have to start pushing friends soon.

By: Rene Lyons

Rene Lyons — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:40:28 +0000

Well, since so many other Samhain authors are offering themselves up…

I’d like to nominate my upcoming release Midnight Sun (available July 18th). Vamnpires. Knight Templars. An angst-ridden hero. A strong heroine. A web of revenge that spans hundreds of years.

Come on….you know you want to read it…lol

By: Sydney Somers

Sydney Somers — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:00:31 +0000

Why does this feel like walking in front of the room to give a pitch and looking down to find yourself completely naked? LOL

I’m going to take the plunge and nominate my new release from Samhain. Spellbound: Say You’re Mine is a novella that involves a family of witches/warlocks who run a P.I. firm. It’s the first in the series and stars the youngest Calder sibling who lands herself smack dab in the middle of a sexy detective’s undercover assignment, a cop who is known to frequently butt heads with her older brothers.

Yes, it’s paranormal, *g* but a little different. You can find a couple teasers on my website. http://www.sydneysomers.com

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:45:37 +0000

I nominate Pack Challenge by SHelly Laurenston. It’s being reissued by Samhain. I read it when it was from Triskelion and loved it.

By: Leigh Ellwood

Leigh Ellwood — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:33:22 +0000

If explicit manlove bakes your cookies, I’ll gladly suggest my category, Taste This, from Samhain Publishing. A lovelorn male chef is abducted by an amorous alien captain with a sweet tooth.

If contemporary erotic romance is your thing, I gladly suggest my DARE ME, winner of the Love Romances Golden Rose for Best Erotica. It’s like The Odd Couple, only m/f and naked.

By: Kathryn L.

Kathryn L. — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:30:02 +0000

Not a romance, but I’ll gladly offer up my mystery, PITHED, from Mundania Press, my best reviewed work. Based upon my father, Andy Farmer is a high school teacher nearing retirement, who is torn between the loyalty to a friend and his duty to what is right when his school’s principal is murdered. The book has been lauded for its characterization, many wrote me to say how amazed they were to read a character so real – a middle-aged amateur sleuth, as voiced by a woman in her 30s.

By: Jody W.

Jody W. — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:18:26 +0000

I got a kick out of IN THE WEREWOLF’S DEN by Rob Preece from Books for a Buck, http://www.booksforabuck.com/. It’s a paranormal/futuristic/alternate universe type thing. The worldbuilding premise was quite interesting, and the werewolf hero was not your typical alph-ass.

Jody W.

By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:26:43 +0000

I’ll second Jorrie’s rec!!

By: Jorrie Spencer

Jorrie Spencer — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:53:08 +0000

I have not been doing a lot of reading, but one book I picked up was Shelby Reed’s The Fifth Favor from Ellora’s Cave, because I’d heard a lot about this author. It’s not a perfect book, but it’s very well-written, I couldn’t put it down and the hero got right under my skin. He’s a high-priced escort and I think that’s a risky premise. Reed pulls it off, imo.

Anyway, I’m suggesting this mainly because I was strongly affected by this book and I’d like more discussion *g*

Will be curious to read the other recs!