Jerking The Reader

Reviews are interesting things. Everyone hones in on different things when they read a book and funnily enough, the writer hones in on odd things in reviews. Writers live for and hate reviews. They scrape open our weaknesses and make our scabs bleed. It’s one thing to crit our own work but oh, when another does it, it’s painful.

Which is funny because often, the review (if done by someone who reviews a lot) speaks of both good and bad. But ah, being human, don’t we always focus on the bad? It’s that scab thing. Continue reading “Jerking The Reader”

Loving Luki Vasquez by Lou Sylvre ♥♥♥♥♥

Loving Luki VasquezLoving Luki Vasquez by Lou Sylvre
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There was something about this book that DID it for me. It could have been the combination of the mostly hardened mercenary and the artistic but a bit prickly weaver or perhaps the lush descriptions of emotions and surroundings. Either way, this book hit all of the sweet spots and then some.

There are some tropes and pacing issues but those are easily brushed aside because the book is extremely well written. If anything, pacing hurried in places I wanted to linger which is more me than the book. Probably other people would have said, what’s with the stopping here and I’d be window shopping through the pages.

I’m odd that way.

I loved Sonny’s view of the world, especially when seen through his art. I honestly could have seen this book slowed down a bit and split into two because there were a lot of plot elements to be explored but it was very satisfying. Okay, so if there was a chapter or three of Sonny doing dyes while Luki watched and read something, I would have been good. The characters are distinct and well drawn with a bit of spice to give it a nice heat.

But there’s action and some smex, both of which are hot and heavy. Wonderfully written at a good clip with a lot of humour and steaminess. Excellent read!

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Dirty Kiss Released Into The Wild

This book was released today.

Snookies to those that wished me well. Thank you. I appreciate your support.

Suzanne Macleod allows me to guest blog at her blog!

Thanks to brooke who reviewed DK on That’s Queen Bitch To You

Both have giveaways if you’d like to win a copy.

Oh. Dirty Kiss can be purchased at Dreamspinner (Amazon, et al to follow): Link to ebook version. Paperback is also around there.

Now, I need sushi or something. TONIGHT THERE WILL BE WHISKEY!

Maybe.

Dirty Kiss Excerpt: Seduction

Thought I would drop a small excerpt from Dirty Kiss today. Friday, people! Woot! Thanks for following me, pimping me and encouraging me.

Excerpt:
I wasn’t sure if the shyness was real, but the contrite glance he gave me from under his lashes did me in. Victoria had nothing on seduction, compared to Jae-Min. If it was artificial, then he was damned practiced at it.
My hands were in his hair before I even thought about wanting to touch him more. Scraping back the black strands, I paused when I saw the small plaster bandage on his temple. Jae’s eyes widened, and he gasped, unsure of what I was going to do. I had to admit, I wasn’t certain myself, but in the middle of trying to figure out if his cousin had killed himself or if he’d had help, I’d tossed aside my feelings for Rick and was falling for a lying, sleek Korean man. Guilt ate at me, worms of censure working through my thoughts as my thumbs ran over Jae’s cheekbones, bringing a blush to the surface of his pale skin.

“Don’t,” he pleaded. There wasn’t much conviction in his voice. It sounded more like a please than a stop. “You don’t want this.”

“Want this or want you?” There’d been other men who’d caught my interest, but none had really made me lust before. Not like this. I needed to push Jae down and make him scream my name. I wanted his hands on my back and to feel him around me. “No one’s made me need them more since Rick.”

“Nothing good ever comes from it. Not for me,” he said, shaking his head. Jae trembled under my fingers, and the tremor ran down his skin and into mine. “Look at what happened to Hyun-Shik.”

Dirty Kiss’ Official Release: July 1st

Dirty Kiss’ Official Release is July 1st! Dreamspinner has built out the page and woooot!

The link page for the ebook is: HERE

SO FRICKING HAPPY to see this published.

Larger picture of cover under cut… along with its final blurb. Continue reading “Dirty Kiss’ Official Release: July 1st”

Music to Write By

This is Big Bang, a Korean group, that is one of my favourites on my rotation list. While I do listen to different genres of music, I find that when I’m writing, I need something either blues-oriented or Asian centric.