A speed trap along the highway catches Mark Peters doing 90 m.p.h. When Officer W. V. Tench approaches the car, Mark is sure the cop is the best looking guy he’s ever seen and Mark can hardly utter an intelligent, coherent word. Unbelievably, Mark is issued a warning to keep his pretty smile off the pavement, turning Mark’s world into mush.

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Teddi Turns On

Aspen Mountain Press 

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No one’s going to take advantage of Teddi Howard again, including the Munich tour operator who screwed her over when he reneged on their contract. Her only option is to face the little weasel.  Nothing stands in the way of the prominent, German businessman David Stiefle, especially a woman. No way is he ever getting involved, even if she is the sensual Mrs. Howard. 

EXCERPT:

David Stiefel’s eyes kept track of the copper-haired female while he rolled up the sleeves of his striped shirt.  The woman was oblivious to the stir she created as she strolled through the crowded O’Hare Airport Business Class Lounge.  He stroked an index finger over his lips and studied her sleek figure in form fitting slacks.  The appealing rear view was too good to miss.  The pleasure of not seeing a panty line forced him to shift in his chair to adjust for the sudden pull in his jeans. 

She bent over, hung her jacket across the chair back, and glanced over her shoulder at him.  Their gaze held as a smile tweaked the corner of his mouth.  He crumpled the wrappings from his beef sandwich and knew he’d just been offered dessert.  Now all he had to do was make his move. 

As his good luck would have it, right there on the floor, just a few meters away was an airline ticket dropped by some unsuspecting person.  Ha, unsuspecting, his Aunt Hilda.  He knew that delicious looking woman had done it as a ploy to meet him.  

He stood and paced off the few steps, never taking his eyes from her.  He stooped, scooped up the packet, and walked the few extra feet before he glanced at the name printed in bold marker across the front. When he held it toward her she fumbled with her purse and carry-on as if she didn’t know she’d lost such an important set of documents.  Very cool.  

Standing in front of her, he leaned down just enough to catch her scent.  Shalimar.  His favorite. 

“Bitte, Frau, are you missing something?”  He liked the way her eyes widened as if she were surprised.  She was good. 

“Thank you.”  She reached out a slender hand.  Thank God there wasn’t any of that garish nail art so many women seemed to prefer. 

Sloane Taylor
Sweet as Honey…Hotter than Hell
Francine On Fire www.aspenmountainpress.com
French Delights www.eternalpress.ca
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The camping trip of a lifetime! When Marty and his friends meet Allison and her friends, it doesn’t seem their recreation can get much better. But the woods hold a dark secret and it will take every bit of knowledge and trust they have to survive. If you loved Salem’s Lot you’re sure to like When Darkness Falls!

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The lives of two young strangers are changed forever on an emigrant train, when Jim saves Libby from being molested by an unsavory character, a man who they learn is a vicious criminal with a price on his head, wanted for rape and murder. Unknown to Jim and Libby, the psychopath vows revenge for his humiliation.

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Macy Maitland loses her fiancé and her job all in the same day. But things start looking up when she receives an invitation from a mysterious benefactor for an all-expense-paid vacation to an exclusive island resort.

Upon her arrival, Macy is greeted by the odd caretaker and the island’s only other guest…her ex-lover. Macy tries to stay away from his irresistible draw, but magic and and the lure of treasure throw them together. Can they survive Paradise Island?

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Earning his way through school is what working at a grocery store gets Nick. He does his best to be polite but when Kevin comes in with his friends, Nick doesn’t feel like much more to the man than a can of fruit. Too bad really, since Kevin is the most perfect man Nick has seen in a long, long time.

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Title: Del Fantasma: Texas Tea Author: Maura Anderson Artist: Nikita Gordyn ISBN: 978-1-60168-052-5 Genre: Paranormal Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press Publication Date: 8/17/2007 Sexual Content: Erotic

Photographer Lara Saunders has a lifelong secret — she can see and hear ghosts. When she was rescued from a near drowning by the ghost of a lighthouse keeper, he set her on a mission to document historic lighthouses and the lives of their keepers so they were not forgotten. Now on her third book in the series, Lara has arrived in San Diego to document the Old Point Loma Lighthouse but hasn’t counted on becoming the target of Cody Warren, the matchmaking owner of the Del Fantasma bar. Or falling in love with a handsome Park Ranger whose secret is even more strange than her own.

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My most romantic city is Venice. St. Mark’s Square is filled with enough motivation for me to pick up a pen and scrawl everything I see and hear. There’s always a pair of lovers strolling through, wrapped in each others arms, with no outside world to interfere. You might even find them sharing a Cinzano while the soft strings of an orchestra fill the chilly night air.

So how can you remember everything you see to use in future books? It’s easy thanks to modern technology.

1 - Inspiration is all around you every single minute of the day and night. Take the time to notice it, absorb it, feel it, then let your imagination soar.

2 – Always carry a pen and paper with you to record those scenes blossoming before you.

3 – Carry a disposable camera to photograph anything of interest, no matter how trivial. In a pinch use your cell phone camera. Drop the pictures into a file for future use.

4 – I like to work with visual aids and compile images of location, people, clothing, maps, language, and anything else that lands me feel smack-dab in the middle of my story. Nothing is too trivial to Glue Stic to my poster board. It puts me in the mood but I always make sure it’s hidden before company arrives.

Now I’m off to dig out those photos from London for my latest book PHOTO OP! Look for it this fall coming from Aspen Mountain Press.

Sloane Taylor
Sweet as Honey…Hotter than Hell
Francine On Fire www.aspenmountainpress.com
www.sloanetaylor.com   

Rohan Black, eligible and sought after owner of Unicorn Airways, didn’t really expect to find his perfect match online. He certainly didn’t expect to find so much enjoyment in the sparring and challenge provided by the feisty and entirely too opinionated “Difficult to Define”. As the pin-up boy of Australia , he had his pick of hundreds of doting, compliant women. So why did a woman he’d never met and who described her appearance as, “… not sending stray dogs howling,” infuriate and fascinate him so much?

Madison Taylor needed someone, but not just anyone. Dragon Slayer had piqued her interest and his dare to go rafting, parachuting, and then end their weekend with a tango lesson had her wondering if he were the one to meet her needs, needs she wasn’t all that sure of herself. She’d meet him, but on her terms not his. No one dominated Madison, no one. She was totally in control of her life and that’s how things would stay.

Until she meets Rohan Black and nothing is what it seems.

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Four tales of gay vampires and their lovers. In Val, journey through one man’s obsessive mind as he tries to recreate his lost lover. Follow Claud as he tries to find partners for his master in Talent Scout. Discover how one man comes to accept not only his bi nature but the fact that the supernatural world does exist in Redhead and, finally, discover how vampires deal with their own rogues in The Enforcer.

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