Sizzlin' Summer Contest

Add some sizzle to your summer!

July is getting hotter by the moment!!!

This month we have some of the most sizzling authors from Ellora's
Cave and Cerridwen Press here with us to help put some sizzle in your
summer.

Grab something cool and join us in a huge contest. Each author is
giving away a prize. All you have to do is go to "Hussies" contest
page, click on the author's name, and answer the questions on the
form provided and hit submit. It's that easy. And if you don't know
an answer, no worries, there are links to the authors' web sites and
publisher pages to help you out.


http://thehussies.us/Contest.html

So come on, what are you waiting for? Have fun and good luck!!

Nicole Austin
Prize: to be announced

Nathalie Gray
Prize: to be announced

Sally Painter
Prize: Autographed copy of Things That Go Bump in the Night

Sahara Kelly and Scott Carpenter
Prize: Download of all three Parners in Passion books: Eleanor and
Justin, No Limits and Pure Sin

Ciana Stone
Prize: Download of A Taste for Jazz and new release, Maxwell's Silver
Hammer

Tilly Greene
Prize: Tote Bag of Goodies

Tiffany Bryan
Prize: Download copy of Bekeweled and Bedeviled

Trista Ann Michaels
Prize: Ebook: Destined for Two, Book 3 in the Entwined Fate series

Taige Crenshaw
Prize: Download of Golden Seduction, Book 1 of the Rarieties
Incorporated

Stephanie Julian
Prize: Download of Seduced in Shadow

Shelley Munro
Prize: Download copy of Wanderlust

Samantha Kane
Prize: Copy of At Love's Command

Natasha Moore
Prize: Print copy of Seasons of Seduction IV

Rowan West
Prize: Winner's Choice Download of any of Rowan's backlist and a deck
of EC Silver Playing Cards

Robie Madison
Prize: Winner's Choice download of any of Robie's Backlist

NJ Walters
Prize: Print copy of Summersville Heat

Marilu Mann
Prize: Copy of Sapphire Tease (releases in September)

Marianne Stephens
Prize: Autographed copy of Second Sight Dating

Lara Diamond
Prize: Download copy of Man Overboard

Lacey Savage
Prize: Paperback copy of Fighting Chance

Katherine Kingston
Prize: Trade paperback copy of Pleasure Raiders

Kate Hill
Prize: Download of any of Kate's backlist

Karen Erickson
Prize: Download of any of Karen's Backlistn

KZ Snow
Prize: Reader's Choice download of any of KZ's backlist

Janet Miller/Cricket Starr
Prize: A deck of tarot cards

Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe
Prize: Ebook of Exceptions to the Rule

Claire Thompson
Prize: EBook of choice from Claire's Site

Cindy Spencer Pape
Prize: Download of any of Cindy's backlist

Ashlyn Chase
Prize: Copy of Heaving Bosoms in Paperback

Ann Jacobs
Prize: Download of any of Ann's Backlist

Adele Dubois
Prize: Download of Intimate Art and Two deluxe packs of seashells for
home decor

Judy Mays
Prize: Download of Celestial Passions: Meri

Mari Freeman
Prize: Reader's Choice Download of any of Mari's titles

Allyson James
Prize: Download of any Allyson James backlist

Anh Leod
Prize: Download of Lucky Number Seven

Cris Anson
Prize: Download of Book

Tawny Taylor
Prize: Paperback book, tote and some goodies

Liddy Midnight
Prize: A Charm Bracelet, winner's choice from my book-themed designs

Lady Jaided: The Ellora's Cave Magazine
Prize: Winner's Choice download of any EC/CP book and a Lady
Jaided/Ellora's Cave Goodie bag

Strangling the muse

How often do you have your day planned and then have a monkey wrench thrown into the gears?

I had planned to do some heavy duty writing today. I really want to get my next wolfie finished. Then, I discovered I had no hot water. Now there was a distinct possiblility that I'd run our of heating oil. ('We have baseboard hot water heat.) (We also have a 1000 gallon tank buried in the backyard with no oil gague so I have no idea how much oil is in it.) I called my regular service but they couldn't deliver before Monday because they only had one delivery person today --- in Williamsport only. So I found the phone book and started calling. First two - no answer. Third, no guarantee of delivery today. Fourth, I got a very nice man who now has my business because his oil was only $4.27.9 a gallon. (ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Anyway, oil truck comes - I still have over 400 gallons of oil. ( I got 150 gallons anyway because who knows how much it will cost once the weather starts turning cold.)

This means there's something wrong with the furnace. So, I called that nice man back only he was in a meeting. The woman I talked to was also nice and said she'd either call me back or have their repairman call me. That was at noon.

Two o'clock, no phone call. So, I called them back. The woman answered but gave the phone to the nice man who was back from his meeting. He promised to have a man out today. Five minutes later, he called back to let me know the repairmans' schedule so I wouln't get worried when he didn't show up right away.

I'm prettey sure the furnace will be fixed, but, damn, the hassle threw a bucket of cold water on my muse.

Don't you just love a day like this?

I have a new alien romance coming out in June!!!!

The next installment of my alien erotic romance Celestial Passions series, Celestial Passions: Meri will be released by Ellora's Cave on June 13. This one is a Quickie that tells the story of how Meri and Adem, minor characters from Celestial Passions: Brianna met.

Below is an excerpt. Sorry, no hot sex in this one. You'll have to wait for the next installment for that!

Judy

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Pushing her way between muscular Aradab bodies—both male and female—she maneuvered her way to the front of the crowd. Her father and mother were sitting on the dais. Besides all the Aradabs, a few of her father’s ministers were in the room, as was her paternal grandmother and a couple of the dowager queen’s cronies. Facing her father with their backs to her were two men, unmistakably Drakians not only because they were wearing the familiar uniforms of the Alalakan space fleet but also because of their tails. No other human race had such flexible tails.
Meri looked closer and grinned. The one on the left was Alalakan don al’ Chardadon. She’d recognize him anywhere. His family and hers had been close friends for generations and she’d known him since she was a child. She shifted her glance to the other Drakian, sure that she’d never seen him before. He was even taller than Char, at least seven feet, and she certainly never would have forgotten that powerful figure with those broad shoulders and that tight ass.
“Who is he?” she hissed to her cousin.
“Who?” he answered in a sour voice. He was glaring at Chardadon.
Meri shook her head. She was going to find out why Ban divorced himself from his father’s Drakian family if it was the last thing she did.
“Who’s standing next to Char? And don’t start pouting about him being here.”
“Lillalistross don al’ Ademisis, the chief engineer of their space fleet,” Ban answered in a low voice. “And I don’t pout—women do.”
Meri ignored his second comment. “He seems young for that position.”
Her cousin shrugged. “I could not care less.”
“You are an idiot,” Meri murmured as she grabbed Ban’s arm and pulled him with her around the right side of the room. She really wanted to get a look at this Ademisis from the front. He was very appealing from behind. “Now be quiet so I can hear what the Matriarch is saying.”
He snorted lightly. “You were the one asking questions.”
The door on the other side of the room opened and a dark-skinned, hoary-headed, white-bearded man walked sedately into the room.
Meri was taken aback. The Patriarch of the Nissians? Whatever was going on was very important if he was here too.
“Finally we can get to the bottom of this,” her father grumbled. He nodded to the old man.
“Welcome, Patriarch. I’m sorry to disturb you, but the Matriarch demanded your attendance.”
Again, surprise rippled through Meri. The Matriarch demanded?
“I’m curious too, Your Majesty,” Chardadon interrupted. “Ademisis and I should be back on Drakan by now. We’ve got a voyage to Deslossia scheduled.”
Before Meri’s father could answer, the Aradab Matriarch interrupted. “Patience, Son of the Alalakan Dragon. The time for which the races of Mediria have waited generations is almost upon us.” She directed her gaze at Chardadon’s companion. “Remove your tunic.”
Crossing his arms over his chest, Lillalistross don al’ Ademisis looked the Matriarch straight in the face and said, “No.”
Silence echoed off the walls as Meri felt her jaw drop. At her side, Ban stiffened and her grandmother looked like she was going to faint. Her mother’s complexion paled while her father choked and buried his face in his hands.
Nobody ever refused a direct order from the Aradab Matriarch.
Before the Drakian’s “No” finished reverberating around the throne room, two Aradabs stepped to either side of the Matriarch. The one on her left cracked his knuckles while the other flexed his fingers. Both wore eager grins.
Meri snapped her mouth shut. Aradabs rarely even smiled!
Gulping, Meri stared at the tall Drakian who had just demonstrated more audacity—or stupidity—than any man she’d ever seen.

Afternoon

How is everyone? I don't use this as often as I should, I guess. I just can't seem to find enough hours in the day to do everything I have to.

Anyway, I have a new wolfie that will be coming out from Ellora's Cave. This one is totally new - not related to my "Heat" series at all.

More Myths and Legends

My next Myths and Legends story is slated for an early September release from Changeling Press. In this one, the heroine is the shapeshifter - an ocelot. The hero is a World War II German Panzer commander thrown into the future and onto a totally different continent by an especially violent sandstorm.

Shapeshifters and time travel, not to mention hot sex, all in the same story. What more could you ask for?

My summer is going entirely too fast. It's hard to believe that July is almost over.

Boy, I don't want to go back to school.

Judy

Rednecks N' Rock Candy

My latest redneck vampire romance is finished and off to my editor. Rednecks N' Rock Candy takes up where Rednecks N' Roses left off - with Sheriff Brad Keister and Mandi O'Brian, a gourmet chef. So, what in the world can a redneck vampire and a gourmet chef have in common? Well, they both discover there are very interesting things that can be done with home-made rock candy.

Want to know more? You'll have to be patient. I'll keep you posted.

My current WIP is Myths and Legends: Ocelot, the third installment of my shape-shifting pussycats for Changeling Press.

I had a wonderful time at the booksigning in Rochester, NY last Saturday, except for the speeding ticket on the way there, that is.

Judy

Rain, rain, rain

I do believe the fates are conspiring against me finishing my current WIP. All this rain we got here in eastern PA has certainly thrown a monkey wrench into my writing schedule. While I got less than an inch of water in my basement, my parents got a couple of feet. Now, they live in an old farm house, and the cellar has a dirt floor. Mud everywhere!

Mud and water aside, once I finish the current chapter, I only see two more and then the end for my redneck vampire. That's the first draft. Going though and revsing and editing is soooo much easier than the initial writing though. Hopefully, I'll get most of it done today - the first draft that is.

Everyone here in the U.S. have a great fourth of July.

Judy