One Drop...

Remember the New Year Blog Hop--we all wrote a bit around the same characters in a picture? Well, I had so many comments on wanting more, I wrote a short erotic free read for LASR's Whipped Cream Review site. I hope you enjoy ONE DROP.

She’d had the dream for months.

Lynn watched him walk across the noisy bar filled with clinking glasses, paper blow horns, and the drunken strains of Auld Lang Syne. Her body trembled as he approached, not in fear -- in anticipation.

“You knew I’d come for you.”

Weak with desire, one word slipped past her lips, “Please…”

“You belong to me,” he whispered.

ONE DROP is all it takes...

Read the full story HERE.

Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

Whipped Cream/LASR

Do you have any short pieces lying around that need a home? Something you have, but didn't know where to place it. Whipped Cream Reviews is looking for short (1000 - 1500 words), erotic romance fiction for their Thrifty Thursdays, where readers go and read for free ( http://tinyurl.com/nltnhp ). From first hand experience, I can tell you the exposure is great, and they give you a nifty cover too!
All genres are welcome as long as the story has strong romantic elements. Additionally, all the stories accepted at Whipped Cream MUST have love and romance as central -- it's not just about sex. A "Happy Ever After" (or at least "Hopefully Ever After") is also a required, fundamental part of all the stories they publish.

More information, including how to submit your story, may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/29p5gba

Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

Halloween Festivities

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Ready for the HALLOWEEN festivities happening this month? BOO!!...claim some wonderful stories and goodies!

Upcoming CONTEST INFO:

1) I'm blogging at http://depravedduchess.blogspot.com/ as guest author on October 25th and giving a PDF copy of book 1 in the Shepherd's Watch series-SERVICED. Stop in for fun. It's going on all month with various authors.

2) Paranormal Romantics, the blog I do with 6 other authors at http://www.paranormalromantics.blogspot.com/ is having a Halloween Blog-A-Thon on the 30th and 31st. There will be a different author each hour with awesome giveaways. A NOOK is being given as a grand prize at the end of the festivities. Drop by for a chance to win a PDF copy of SERVICED.

3) A group of authors are participating in Halloween Blog at http://booknibbles.com/bloghop/ starting October 29th at 7am going until October 31st 7pm. There will be lots of goodies and prizes there too! It still has the Labor Day blog hop info right now, but stay tuned for the upcoming Halloween festivities announcement!!

4) LASR (Long and Short Reviews/Whipped Cream) is hosting a Scavenger Hunt this month from October 30th through October 31st at http://www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm - join in the fun for lots of free goodies and the chance to win a PDF of HARD CASE before QUENCH releases!!

If you know of any **SCARY** happenings, feel free to share them in the comments!!

Joann

Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

It's On!! At LASR

The Long and the Short of It’s celebrating their third anniversary in style -- by giving away THREE Nook 3G eBook Readers that come with $50 BN.com gift certificates AND are already pre-loaded with dozens of romance and juvenile fiction eBooks.

You don't want to miss it!

You can't beat that! So, hurry over to http://www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm  read the rules and get yourself entered in one of the best contests for the year.

I'm a participant, sooo, I'll see you there!
Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

Summertime...

And the reading is easy! Books are jumping out... ok, those aren't the words but couldn't help myself. *grins*

Remember this is the last month for the SUMMER READING TRAIL so there's still time to visit and see what's new and good.

August is just around the corner and LONG AND SHORT REVIEW is planning a BIG anniversary celebration and will be giving away 3...YUP! 3 NOOKS. Stay tuned for more info on that but in the meantime visit them at:

Another wonderful sight with good things to offer is BLAZING TRAILERS. If you've never visited them, take a minute and drop by--you might find something you like there. They have a mainstream and an adult site where you can see trailers of books from all genres and heat levels. Stop by and take a peek!

That's all folks!

Remember: Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

Good STUFF!

That's what this post is about.

I'm participating in the Summer Reading Trail and July is the last month. If you haven't visited the trail head to see some of the awesome offerings by some great authors--you're missing out. There's YA, Sweet, and Promise, there's Poetry, Sexy, Rainbow and Erotic excerpts and short stories available. So swing by and whet your appetite!!

Next up is the Long and Short of it's 3rd Anniversary Celebration Scavenger Hunt coming in August. I'll be participating and will have more on that later. Meanwhile, check out some of the great prizes that they're offering! Mark this one on your calendar so you don't miss out. They're giving away 3...that's right...3 NOOKS!! Each will be loaded with stories from the participants and there's a $50 B&N gift certificate.

That's it. Wanted to keep you posted on some of the good things happening this summer. Free goodies are always nice!

And for the hell of it I'm throwing in this picture just because I think he's sexy as all get out and damn if he doesn't make tighty-whities look good! Enjoy...

Now, go and Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele

LASR Easter Egg Hunt...continues

HOW MANY HAVE YOU FOUND?

Don't miss out on the fun and great prizes!

See BELOW blog for information or visit:

http://www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm

LASR has made it easy and there are lots of free reads!

LASR Easter Egg Hunt...

With prizes galore!
Spring is in the air and LASR would like you to join them on an Easter egg hunt.

Prizes include*: $25 Amazon or BN.com Gift Certificate, publisher GCs, eBooks, autographed books, tote bags, Easter baskets filled with goodies, T-Shirts so much more!

How can you enter?

Easy—Each LASR author sponsor has hidden ONE egg on their site. YOU get an entry for every egg you find.

You can also earn an extra entry for the following:

1. If you are not already a member of LASRs Yahoo loop, join now. All Yahoo loop members will earn an entry, just for being a part of the LASR loop.

LASR: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2FLongAndShortRomanceReviews&h=baf2ed415431919ce25e27ab5f8b4ad4

WC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whippedcream2/

Aurora: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aurorareviews/

2. Subscribe to LASRs monthly newsletter. All subscribers will also be entered into the contest.
http://ymlp.com/signup.php?id=gujhyujgmgs

3. Post about the contest on your blog, website, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo groups or anywhere else on the 'net! Email us the link to your post for an additional entry (lasrcontests@gmail.com - subject: Easter Egg Hunt).

Complete details here: http://www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm