Book Spot Light and Reivew: Forever the Dragon Wars by Rebecca Royce

Today I have the pleasure of talking about a fellow Decadent Author's book, Forever, the Dragon Wars by Rebecca Royce. I was greatly intrigued by the title itself and then when I read the blurb, I knew I just had to read it. So be sure to check out my review at the end the post. :D 

Dakota 

P.S.  I almost forgot to mention. Ms. Royce is being generous and giving away a fifty dollar gift certificate to one randomly drawn comment from the tour. So be sure to comment!

BLURB: 

Devin Owen has come back from the Dragon Wars a changed Werewolf. For one thing, he's lost his wolf side as well as most of his desire to live. He spends most of his life doped up to handle the pain from his injured leg.

Lena Knox knew the moment she met Devin that he was her mate. But, she'd been a child at the time and he hadn't noticed her at all. Now, all grown up she wants Devin to be the wolf she’s waited for. Not that she has a lot of time for longing with life crumbling around her.

A couple of heated encounters draw them together but is it enough to overcome the war wounds they both carry? Or will an outside enemy destroy them before they get the chance to know?

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EXCERPT:

“You’re my mate, Devin. I’ve known it since the first time I was in your company when I was seven years old.” 

Devin gripped the side of the table he stood next to like she’d struck him. “No.” 

“No?” She hadn’t expected the pain of his rejection. She’d known he might not believe her at first. Tears she refused to shed clogged her throat. “It’s not ‘no.’ I’m your mate, such that I am.” 

Lena knew she wasn’t an ideal Female specimen. Her skin frequently broke out in horrible bouts of acne, although she looked pretty clear at the moment, her chin jutted out too far, her hands were not dainty, and when she shifted, her Wolf form frequently had trouble coming to a stop at high speeds. More than once she’d collided into trees, bushes, and other Wolves. 

But she knew she was a nice person. She could work hard, and she never asked anyone for anything but common decency. She’d be a good mate to him, and he shouldn’t be rejecting her outright. 

Unless he found her absolutely repulsive to look at… 

“You’ve made a mistake. Whatever you thought you smelled when you were a child was the wild fantasy of a young girl. You should be over it by now.” 

She sighed. “Devin, I can still smell it. I promise when you get to know me you’ll find out I’m not wildly fanciful. I live in the real world.” 

“I can’t smell it on you. Not at all. I’m sorry, Lena. You seem like a nice kid, but if you can really smell mating from me, then it’s one of those rare occasions where one Wolf feels something the other doesn’t.” 

Lena had heard about those situations. It was every young Wolf’s deepest fear. Something went askew with the chemistry. One Wolf felt mated and the other one didn’t. They could even mate with someone else. 

“I think you should go home and work on getting over whatever this is because, at least for my part, it is not a mating.” 

Lena’s heart might explode from her chest. She turned on her heel. What else was there to say, really? He’d said no. He didn’t feel it. She’d waited fifteen years for him to come home, and it had been for nothing.

AUTHOR BIO

As a teenager, Rebecca Royce would hide in her room to read her favorite romance novels when she was supposed to be doing her homework. She hopes, these days, that her parents think it was well worth it. 

Rebecca is the mother of three adorable boys and is fortunate to be married to her best friend. They’ve just moved to Texas where Rebecca is discovering a new love for barbecue! 

She's in love with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and tries to use all of these elements in her writing. She's been told she's a little bloodthirsty so she hopes that when you read her work you'll enjoy the action packed ride that always ends in romance. Rebecca loves to write series because she loves to see characters develop over time and it always makes her happy to see her favorite characters make guest appearances in other books. 

In Rebecca Royce's world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will.

Website: http://www.rebeccaroyce.com/books.html 

DAKOTA'S REVIEW

Despite the short length of this book, I found that I greatly enjoyed Ms. Royce's foray into the paranormal world of dragons and wolves. The characters she created were less than perfect and quite charming because of it. I loved both the determination on Lena's part as well as the wounded soul that Ms. Royce paints when describing Devin.  These two characters were wonderful to read about and I was rooting for them to find their happily ever after. I will be looking to see if Ms. Royce has anymore books in this series, as I'd love to see more of Devin and Lena, but I'd also be content to read about other's in this world - perhaps one of Devin's surviving brothers has a story to tell? 

Kudos to Ms. Royce for writing a very entertaining yarn.  I give Forever: The Dragon Wars a four and half  out of five handcuffs for pure erotic romance.  

©Dakota Trace All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.

SUPER Book Blast - Frost by Taryn Kincaid

I'm proud today to have a fellow Decadent Author from the popular 1NS line with me today on A Little Bit of Naughty.  So please welcome Taryn Kincaid! 

Dakota

BLURB:

Dagney Night, a sought-after succubus, is no stranger to blazing hot sex. But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she longs for something more. When oddly erotic paintings arrive for display at her art gallery, arousing everyone who views them, she wonders about the mysterious artist who created the works.

Maxwell Raines, a fire-sex demon, lives a life of solitude and seclusion behind the walls of his compound at Sleepy Hollow, channeling his lustful impulses into his art—until his muse deserts him and his temperature rises past the danger point. He needs sex. Now.

When Madame Evangeline arranges a torrid Valentine’s 1Night Stand for them, will the flames of their encounter be too hot to handle?

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EXCERPT:  

Dagney followed her sister’s glance, and her heart flipped like a gymnast unable to nail a vault. Darkness swathed the gallery with the exception of the lights above or below each of the paintings. The large man emerging from the shadows held her rapt. Waves of pure, unadulterated lust smacked her with such force she didn’t even see Lily and Campbell leave. The blast of raw desire crumpled her to the floor. Her gaze remained riveted on the tall hunk of ferocious male stalking toward her, radiating undiluted carnality. He set something carefully on the floor and grasped her by the elbows, his touch surprisingly gentle when he lifted her to her feet.

“I’m Maxwell Raines.”

Yeah. No kidding. Who else could a guy so hot, so studly, possibly be?

She told herself not to swoon. Ordered herself not to swoon. But, Goddess, that rumbling voice. More potent than a train barreling over the tracks. And he smelled so good. Sinfully masculine. A bit of musk, a bite of pine, an essence of dark, smoky nights. Sexy scents. Reminiscent of tangled satin sheets that had been given a good work-out.

Her legs turned to rubber, and she doubted they’d support her on their own. She’d be mortified if he’d have to scrape her puddled body up again. But he hadn’t yet relaxed his grip. Could she bullshit her way through the meeting without collapsing? “You’re late,” she said.

“I’m never late.”

“Well, the party’s over, Mr. Raines.” She waved a hand around the empty room.

“Depends on your perspective.”

“You’re big on perspective, are you?”

“I’m a painter.” A brief shrug accompanied his blunt words. “Obvious connection.”

“Right. But as you can see, everyone’s left.”

“You haven’t.” He gazed down at her, a black brow flaring. “And you’re what I’m here for.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Taryn Kincaid lives in beautiful Bora Bora. Or wishes she did. When she's not parasailing up and down the Hudson River, taking care of her aging pet walrus, or volunteering at the local animal shelter [oh, HELL, no], she loves to arrange her voodoo doll-pin collection and practice chanting. Taryn is dedicated to eradicating the Kardashians and Honey Boo-Book from the face of the earth, along with The Bieb and sparkly vampires. At this moment, she is busy adjusting the tin foil to throw the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) off her trail. She hangs around a lot on Facebook and Twitter with her trillions of fans and pops in at Goodreads from time to time. You can catch her on her website, http://tarynkincaid.com, and her blog, http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com where she lives for comments!

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©Dakota Trace All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.

More New Releases

On Friday I happened to mention what books I planned on having come out  this year through Excessica.  Well, now I want to talk a little bit more on books that might be coming out from my other publishers.   

Lets start off with  No Boundaries Press: I have two that will be coming out in 2012

HER WOLFEN CLAIMING - (BOOK 2 in Wolfen Destinies)
Release Date: February
Publisher:  No Boundaries Press

Matthais Galloway has just taken over the MacDonald clan by order of the High Council. He's the eighth alpha in the past 100 years to take charge since the death of the Great MacDonald. The council is tired of the constant power struggle within the MacDonald clan, and have tasked Matthais to to bring peace to the clan or face death. To rule though he has to have a mate. After getting permission to claim his best friend, Andrew Gilchrist, he's just finished the process of claiming his lover as his beta when both men realize there is a third mate in their bond - and without him, their bond will never be complete. Following the bond, they cross the sea expecting to find another man. But what they got was Colleen Donghall, the long lost daughter of the prophesy. Now they have to convince the skittish lass that her place as at their sides and in their bed even as the predicted war erupts around them.

 

 

HER WOLFEN REBEL - (Book 3 of the Wolfen Prophesies)

Release Date: (Summer)

Publisher: No Boundaries Press

This is the story of Colleen's younger twin brother, Carrick Donnghall. Captured during the bloodly battle at their home, Carrick, Colleen's younger twin is being held prisoner in a farm in Utah by a group of freaks who think he can turn them into werewolves.It's all he can do to stay alive and he will do anything to escape, including seducing the leader's bookish daughter, Kyrah.
 

Kyrah Stranton, who has been feeding Intel to the FBI about her father's activities for the past six months - since she found the strange man chained to the wall in her father's basement. She has no idea that the handsome rebel she's so attracted to is anything but human, not believing her father's tales that he's captured a true werewolf. After all as doctor, she doesn't believe anything she can't prove - and there's not such thing as werewolves, right? 

From Written Expressions: 

CLAIMED
RELEASE: Spring/Summer
PUBLISHER: Written Expressions

Shu Rodriguez was a throw back and she knew it. It was the main reason why shed left her fathers pride. As a white Bengal in the midst of a Jaguar pack, she was considered both an outsider and a half breed. It wasnt like she could help the fact her father had a one night stand which had resulted in her birth. He had known little about the tiny Chinese woman hed picked up in a bar. One night of passionate sex and it was done. Nine months later, the woman who bore her had dropped her on her surprised fathers lap and had walked away without a backward glance.

Upon her first shifting, shed found instead of being courted by the other jaguars, she was shunned. With her mixed blood showing and standing in the middle of the mating circle unclaimed, she came to the realization, no matter what she wanted, she was never going to be accepted as any jaguars mate. Instead she took advantage of her fathers generosity and gone to college to become an exotic animal doctor. With her degree under her belt shed left the pride, traveling the world and taking care of the exotic animals. When she was called upon to travel to the Beijing Zoo to treat a male Xiaman tiger whod been injured in a hunters snare, she was not prepared for the dark and sensual man who came as part of the package or his desire to claim her.

 

And last but not least, this book is one which I have under submission with Decadent for their Foodie Line. *crossing fingers*  

 

HIS JUST DESSERTS

RELEASE DATE: Summer?

PUBLISHER:  under submission

 

Growing up in a foster home in a small Midwest town, Sean Whitcomb planned from the day he turned sixteen to somehow escape. And he does to the big city of Des Moines at a lawyer’s firm. Now up for a shot at a partnership, Sean needs to deliver the goods, and it's not what he thinks. No, it's family style meal for the founding partners and their spouses. Which causes Sean a major issue, because not only is he single gay man, but he can’t cook to save his life and his boss is expecting a home cooked meal – complete with a family or there will be no partnership offer.

In desperation, Sean turns to the man he left behind in his pursuit of the golden ring, Isaiah Waterston. Not only is Isaiah hot enough to still turn Sean’s crank but he’s also a world class chef at one of the hottest eateries in town. Now all he has to do is convince the man he’d left behind to give him a single night of his time, prepare a mouth-watering meal and pretend to be his lover for a few hours. Sounds easy right? Well it is until Isaiah attaches his own stipulations – he wants an entire weekend with Sean at his mercy. 

©Dakota Trace All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.