Writer and commentator Celeste Jones posted a stunning review of The Girl with the Thistle Tattoo. If you’re interested in this book, I hope you’ll head over to her site and take a look at what she said. It might help you make up your mind, or resonate with your own opinion of Thistle. Plus, Celeste has some wonderful features on her site. Well worth a look.

Although this is not the kind of review with stars, it is clearly very favorable, and something I can be quite proud of. Here’s a quote from it, discussing the heroine, Astraea:

She’s a rebel in that “I’ll show you that I don’t care that you hurt me” sort of way that breaks your heart because her pain and struggle are as evident as the blue streak in her hair, though she thinks she’s fooling everyone.

Thank you, Celeste, for sharing your opinion with the world and making The Girl with the Thistle Tattoo your reading focus for several hours.

The Girl with the Thistle Tattoo is available at these fine distributors:

Blushing Books, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

To date, Romantek has gotten rave reviews on Amazon and at Blushing Books — the majority, 5 stars. If you haven’t read this book yet, maybe you should, or if you have read it (thank you!), maybe you should get a holiday copy for a friend.

Go here to read the Manic Readers review.

An excerpt can be found here. And here’s the back cover copy:

Audrey Beacon has won a fabulous vacation and is whisked away to her prize: a RAVE, a dream-generated reality adventure.

While in her 1850s dream, Audrey meets White Star, a Native American man who spanks to help Audrey improve her attitude and behavior.

Coming back to the real world is tough, and worse when Audrey realizes that White Star might be a real person and not an avatar.

M/F, sci-fi, time travel, erotic, spanking romance.

You can purchase The Winner: Romantek Book One at Blushing Books right now. All formats available.

You can also get it on: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.uk, and Amazon.de.

Thanks again, dear readers, and my great thanks to Blushing Books for having faith in me.

It was released last month and has been in Amazon’s Top 100 for Native American eBooks; in fact, it’s up in the Top 10! It’s also getting great reviews.

Manic Readers’ Reviewer Alberta says:

Handling Stormy is a sexy romp, which I enjoyed a lot, especially with the threat of both their careers going sideways if it’s ever found out they are sleeping together. Stormy is shy and reticent, while Jeff is dominant and enjoys pursuing her. Their goals are very different, so lots of conflict here that needs a lot of work before we can get to a HEA. Good read for a day at the beach or a fireside on a rainy night.

Here’s a description of the book:

Fledgling attorney, Stormy Stillwater, wants to make a name for herself with her first case, a dispute over water rights and a bourbon distillery. Unfortunately, the opposing attorney is the guy she met at her brother’s wedding and with whom she had her first one night stand. She’s incredibly embarrassed and yet remains super-attracted to Jeff. Even though she’s certain he’s a playboy, she falls into bed with him all too easily.

Jeff Hand, successful Las Vegas attorney, is taken with Stormy at the outset and tries to show her. He can’t keep his hands off her, nor she him, and it seems like they’re in bed every other minute. Jeff sees how special Stormy is beyond the bedroom but he can’t quite understand why she has such cold feet where he’s concerned.

From their initial wild night together through the nascence of their relationship, Stormy and Jeff learn how spankings can be sexy and yet mighty effective at curbing unwanted behavior. But will Jeff be able to convince Stormy to take a chance on love?

And you can read an excerpt here.

Pick up your copy of Handling Stormy at Amazon as quick as one click.
Or buy it at Blushing Books, where all ebook formats are available. You can send it to yourself as easily as typing in your device address from your downloads screen at the Blushing site.

Thank you!

Saturday Spankings Day arrives again with a wallop. Tie some tissue over your behind and get ready to get paddled! Ohhhhh, it won’t be that bad. I promise.

I’ve been exploring the Journey family series over the course of July, and on Wednesday for Horny Hump Day, I started giving a peek into the third of the Journey books, Spanking Her Highness. This story is about how, third child, Queenie Journey, falls in love with her neighbor, Will Mazie. She’s quite the spitfire and spoiled brat, so it’s rather a tumultuous beginning.

Here’s a bit of her first spanking. Queenie has a problem with cussing and controlling her temper. Will won’t take any guff from her, warned her, and when she persisted at being a brat, he tossed her over his broad shoulder.

He swatted her sharply on the behind. Twice.

“You can’t spank me! I’ll shoot you! You just see if I don’t.”

Two more spanks on her denim-clad rear and she squawked and flailed. He didn’t drop her, and maybe she was a little glad for that. It was a long way down. But she was pissed off something fierce and wasn’t going to go to her punishment without a fight.

As you can see, Queenie has a lot to learn. Please come back tomorrow (Sunday, July 21) and help me celebrate my birthday. I’m giving away a copy of Correcting Kathy to one entrant who leaves a comment on my post for that day.

OF NOTE

My latest book, Correcting Kathy is getting lots of 5-star reviews. If you’re curious, check out Blushing Books’ listing for Correcting Kathy and then pop over to Amazon to take a peek at the great reviews there. Correcting Kathy has been on Blushing’s Best Seller list since it came out!

Thanks for SatSpanking with me today. Here’s a hop helper:

Welcome back! I hope you’ve been enjoying this journey back into the Journey family universe. So far, this month, we’ve had peeks of Liv’s Journey and Ace-High Flush. This week, I’m sharing a bit of Queenie’s story, Spanking Her Highness, which is book 3 in the series. Characters from previous stories are in this book also, but it’s the story of how Queenie met her match with her new neighbor Will.

In this segment, Queenie is ticked off with Will, but at the same time, she finds him totally appealing. Even his high-handed ways turn her on. Today, he’s tossed her on a hay bale and is showing her one of his best features: affection.

Warm air whispered over her pussy as he pressed her legs apart. He knelt between her knees and bent close, face to face.

“You are the most adorable, exasperating, gorgeous spitfire I’ve ever known.”

Of course, now he has to show her exactly how much that turns him on. Poor Queenie, she’s fighting a lost cause.

Thanks for joining me here this week. I hope you’ll take a few moments to visit all the other Horny Hump Day blogs. Get a tingle from your middle outward.

OF NOTE

My latest book, Correcting Kathy is getting lots of 5-star reviews. If you’re curious, check out Blushing Books’ listing for Correcting Kathy and then pop over to Amazon to take a peek at the great reviews there. Correcting Kathy has been on Blushing’s Best Seller list since it came out!

She was effusive in her praise, saying (among other things),

I loved this book and was sad to see it end so soon. I hope the author decides to do another story with these characters. They were delightful!

4.5 stars for a great plot, well developed characters, fun and entertaining scenes, awesome spankings and sex, and an extra bit of kudos for the little public service announcement about smoking.

Please take a look at the Correcting Kathy page here on Patricia Green books. You’ll find an excerpt and links attached. Here’s the back-cover blurb:

Kathy would never have imagined that one of the most embarrassing moments of her life could make her the envy of every girl at her small university, but after a stumble in the cafeteria leaves her blushing and Hal Emory drenched in soup, she is stunned when the incident ends with her meeting the young, handsome professor for dinner.

She is even more taken aback by the fact that he does not hesitate to lecture her over dinner about her smoking—a habit she has tried many times to break without success. When he offers to help her quit by means of “aversion therapy”, she cannot resist the urge to learn more, and almost before she knows it she finds herself bent over the desk of this stern professor for a good, hard spanking.

After a subsequent chastisement leads to lovemaking which is as hard and hot as it is unexpected, both Kathy and Hal must decide if they want to pursue a romance. Can Hal leave the pain of the tragic death of his wife in the past and allow himself to fall in love with Kathy? Even if he does, will she be able to accept not only his love but also his guidance and, from time to time, his firm hand applied to her bare bottom?

I hope you’ll pick up this humorous, erotic, spanking romance, and have a little summertime fun as you lounge by the pool, on the beach, or swinging in a hammock under your favorite tree.

I hope you’ll take a look at Katherine’s Connections and see if you felt the same way when you encountered Pilar in the books. I’d love to hear about it, why you did, or why you didn’t.

Thank you, Katherine Deane, and thank you to all my readers who touch me in quiet ways.

This is a totally unsolicited review. I bought the book, not knowing what to expect and…

I cried at the end; tears of poignant joy streamed down my cheeks. At the same time, I was saddened — the book had to end. But what an ending!

I’d like to recommend a book, the best romance novel I’ve had the privilege to read in many years: Incubus Moon, by Penny Alley & Maren Smith. (Penny Alley is a pen name of Maren’s.) It was a book four years in the making, and I have to say, I’m glad she spent the time on each wonderful sentence. It really falls under the subheading of “dark erotic romance” so don’t expect spanking in this one. This is not one of Maren Smith’s usual ventures. It brilliantly branches out into fantasy and dark themes with many sunny breaks. If you’ve read Maren’s “The Next Ex” (a favorite of mine) or any of her “Spanking Tails” books, you know how very wonderfully she writes. But this one is different, rich, deeper in themes and subject matter.

Incubus Moon tells the tale of Veda, a woman who has her life turned upside down when her village is overrun by the evil Horde. The changes she goes through are dramatic and carefully written, clearly showing the story and Veda’s terrors and triumphs with clear and thoughtful prose. We love Veda, we feel for her, we agonize with her, spark with her anger, and laugh when she does. She hates what she becomes, but inside, she’s still tied to the land and her early life. However, she’s not alone in her tribulations. She has two strong men defending her when she needs defense, men who also know when she’s the best person for a dangerous job. Emen and Scar are by her side throughout.

Emen is a little enigmatic, but very much in love with Veda from the start. A demon as dark as shadows, Emen is a strong but sensitive fellow. He’s handsome, rugged, smart, and absolutely capable. He is the leader of his people and a classic romance hero.

Scar is the bad boy. He resists the emotional pull he has toward Veda for as long as he can. And she resists him, but their resistance means nothing in the face of their overwhelming pull toward each other. He is a rough and hot-tempered amber demon, that will steal your heart despite your better judgment.

Don’t get me wrong. Although there are two heroes in this book, it is far from a menage tale. Veda loves them both, but as separate individuals. She has to decide between them many times.

Incubus Moon is romantic, yes, and very, very sexy, but it is also exciting and action-packed. There’s always an adventure down the road–adventures with sweeping consequences that affect hundreds of lives. The trio battles all sorts of monstrous creatures as well as one voracious goddess and her handmaiden.

I urge you to go now, do not wait, and buy yourself a copy of Incubus Moon. It’s 575 pages that will rivet you from page one and leave you wishing for 575 more.

You can get it at Amazon, here. Soon it’ll be released by Blushing Books to a variety of distributors.

Here’s an excerpt from Incubus Moon (my thanks to Penny Alley/Maren Smith for providing it at my request):

The ground was rocking, bumping and jostling her back into painful awareness.

Veda opened her eyes, blinking twice at the leafy shadows that drifted across the surrounding white canvas. She was in the back of a densely-packed supply wagon, walled in amid carefully tied stacks of crates and barrels, ropes and pulleys, horse tack and cooking pots, and tucked up against the tailboard on a make-shift bed of what felt like burlap grain sacks. There were two packed around her skull, keeping her head as still as possible in the back of that bouncing wagon. Her pillow was soft though, like real goose down, while the blanket tucked around her otherwise naked body felt coarse and woolen, scratching everywhere it touched her. Soldier’s cloth, although maybe she only thought so because of all the marching. It was all she could hear, pounding in her aching head like the steady tromp-tromp-tromp of dozens of booted feet.

She blinked again, lulled by all that rhythmic stomping until she realized it wasn’t her wounded pulse that she was hearing. There really was an army of marching boots somewhere beyond the sheltering white canvas. She was not alone. Not outside the jostling wagon and—pain lanced her throat when she rolled her heavy head as far as the cradle of sacks would allow and met the glittering black gaze of the woman seated on a crate beside her—certainly not in it.

She was beautiful, that was Veda’s first thought. Dressed in dark breeches and a black-belted cream-colored tunic, her long blonde hair had been bound up in a coil atop her head, leaving stray curling wisps to halo her amber face. They shone like soft-spun gold around the twin white tips of the goat-like horns that protruded from her bangs. The soft curls haloed her face, catching fire on beams of sunlight that filtered in through the part in the canvas curtains behind her.

“Hello, my love,” the woman murmured, so beautiful, so lethal, and as far from human as her black eyes and the claws on her fingers betrayed her to be. “So, you’ve decided to live after all. That should lighten Emen’s mood. That should lighten a good many moods, actually. If there is anything the Settlement needs more than women of proper breeding age, hang me if I can think what it is.”

Veda stared at her, unafraid. She was too tired to be afraid. And she hurt. Moving hurt. Breathing hurt. Lying still in the lumpy confines of this makeshift bed, bumping through ruts and over rocks, hurt.

Swaying with the motions of the cart, the succubus cast a mildly annoyed glance over one shoulder before she bent to lay a gentle hand upon Veda’s forehead. “Try to be still if you can. It took us half a day to cobble you back together again. Until you feed, one careless motion and there might not be flesh enough left for a second repair. You might have noticed, but someone tried to make a meal of your pretty little neck.”

Who are you? Veda mouthed. She could barely stand to breathe; as much as she hurt, mouthing was close to speaking as she dared.

“Me?” The succubus smiled, rising to rest her folded arms upon her knees. “Nisso, my love. Of the Settlement. Have you heard of us? No, no. Don’t speak and, for the love of the goddess, don’t shake your head. Few people know of us as far out as this anyway, and it’s not important. Rest assured, you have crawled yourself into capable hands. You’re safe now. Well, as safe as anyone can be in a world overrun with demons.”

She smiled again, flashing the points of her teeth.

Veda stared at them, breathing heavily and wincing as she swallowed.

“Thirsty?” Turning sideways, Nisso lifted a water bladder down from the wall. Unstopping the end, she brought it to Veda’s mouth. “Open. Cheep for me, my little bird, and I shall nourish thee.”

A few drops of air-temperature water dribbled between her lips. Despite the pain, Veda drank.

“Tell me if you feel blood running down the back of your throat. Lohen is skilled when it comes to cauterizing, but you know men—thick in the fingers and useless for anything beyond love-play and killing things. Not that both aren’t equally wonderful when necessity arises, but the wonder significantly diminishes when said fingers attempt dainty medical work, accessed only through the tiny mouths of half-dead humans. Which reminds me, how feels the jaw? I did my best, putting it back where it ought to be, so never mind any odd popping sensations when you swallow—that was your cue, my love. Swallow.”

Veda did, wincing. The water hurt almost as much as it felt good, diminishing the burning by sparse degrees as it went down.

“There’s a good girl,” Nisso soothed, allowing her two small swallows more before taking the bladder away again. “Any trickling blood?”

No, Veda mouthed.

“Popping sensations?”

She started to shake her head but stopped, wincing, when the pain flared hot all over again.

Nisso tsked. “Now see, what did I tell you about holding still?” Pouring water into a shallow bowl, she wet a clean cloth and gently daubed at Veda’s chewed neck. “Half the day to stitch you up, the other half to clean you and here, my love, you’ve ruined both efforts with a single careless movement.” She tsked. “You’re seeping again.”

The succubus touched a soft edge of cloth to her throat a bare second before the burning agony overwhelmed her. Veda mewed, a whimper as involuntary as it was excruciating, and fumbled to get a hand free of the blanket enough to grab and stay Nisso’s hand. The golden-haired succubus evaded her efforts with pitiful ease. She continued to clean her, examining the ragged edges of the wound until she was satisfied the stitches had not torn.

“You’ll be fine.” Setting the bowl of bloody water aside, Nisso regarded both Veda and her handiwork critically before, by mild degrees, something in her expression shifted.

Glancing over her shoulder, Nisso studied the wagon’s driver, glimpsed only sporadically through the heavy flaps of the canvas curtain. Turning back to Veda, she hesitated before reaching down to run the clawed-tip of one finger across her seeping wound. She looked at the single smear of blood before, even more hesitantly, bringing it to her lips. When she dipped the tip of her finger into her mouth, the taste made her eyes close. She had the look of a woman enjoying a rare treat.

“Mm,” Nisso sighed. “Delicious, my love. Small wonder someone tried to eat you.”

Also, look for an new book by Penny Alley, Karly’s Wolf, as a summer release.

The hero is hunky, but believable. He’s masterful, experienced, and not quite perfect. His interest in BDSM is appropriate to the time period of the novel. Their erotic play is totally consensual, sexy and satisfying.

And never fear, there’s a happy ending waiting for you.

I love Natasha Blackthorne’s books. Her work stands out among historical erotic romance writers. I highly recommend this book.

Her Mystery Duke is a M/F, BDSM (lite), erotic romance, set in the Regency period in England.
You can buy it here:

Amazon US
Amazon UK
All Romance eBooks

“I enjoyed this story and it was hard to put down. The majority of the scenes read very quickly. In looking at my rating system definitions I couldn’t decide between a 4 or 5, so this is a very solid 4.5. I recommend you read this book. I will most definitely be reading the next book in this series.” ~ from SJMaylee.com.

That’s not the whole review, but I have to admit, I like this part best. Who wouldn’t? Thank you, S.J., for being so gracious and forthcoming with your opinion.

Liv’s Journey is a highly rated book by S.J. as well as many other reviewers. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, you can find it at Blushing Books and Amazon in eBook formats.

As part of this tour, I’m giving away Blushing Books gift certificates. A $30 one to the Grand Prize winner and a $10 certificate will go to each of two Second Place winners. All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address at the hosting blog site on their post. Today that’s here at SJMaylee.com.

Thank you for joining me today and throughout this tour. Only two stops left, so be sure to comment with your email address at the host site to get entered in the drawing.