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!

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.

Today, at For The Love of Reading, Niina reviewed Liv’s Journey and gave it 4-stars. She said some very nice things, and wrote that she really liked the characters, each for his/her own personality. What a pleasure to meet a reviewer who gets into the stuff that I wrestle with on a day-to-day basis.

Please head over to Niina’s place, For The Love of Reading, and read the whole review. Leave a comment there or here, if you like.

Thanks for following along!

Maeve says (among other flattering things):

For those looking for stories that have real plot and also real spankings in real relationships – that sometimes happen for true discipline – this is a good story.

I also do not like stories that are “just” spanking, and this book has a lot of hot sex too.

She gave it a big 5-Star thumbs up.

Here’s the blurb:

Gabriella Appleby is a struggling young, large-size model who can’t quite behave. She tries, but sometimes telling the truth just doesn’t seem like the right thing to do. Making foolish choices also seems to be high on her list of to-do items.

Ace Journey is interested in Gabby, and cares about her enough to want to make an indelible impression on her. No one has taught her to behave, and he figures he’s the man to do it. Although their New York/New Jersey rendezvous takes him out of his natural element, his ranch in Texas, he’s smart and capable, and more than a match for the city streets.

Gabby wants Ace, and Ace wants Gabby. Unfortunately, her errors in judgment lead them to a fork in the road where they must part. Miserable about it, they find that an unlikely matchmaker—billionaire Jonny Chow—steps in to show them just how much they mean to each other.

This book, and the series, is M/F Contemporary, Spanking, Erotic, Romance.

You can buy Ace-High Flush now at Blushing Books and Amazon. And an excerpt and character profiles are linked from its page here on Patricia Green Books.

Come over y’all and get the book that’s wowing readers!

What benefit to go to their site instead of Amazon? Well, for one thing, the information/blurb on askDavid is unique. Authors are required to put in something new. This might include some more interesting author information, character interview, a more extensive mini-synopsis…all kinds of things. And the reviews are unique, too. Each review is “checked manually” and can’t be something posted elsewhere. To me, that says that you’ll really get an honest review to help you decide on your book purchases.

Frankly, I don’t know what askDavid gets out of this (they’re not charging for anything), but at the moment I don’t care. They’re publicizing my books (2 of them so far: Liv’s Journey and Ace-High Flush) and I plan to continue the experiment.

Take a look at askDavid.com and tell me what you think. Right now, you’ll find both Liv’s Journey and Ace-High Flush on their front page.

Have a great weekend! You’ll see something new here on Monday for Memorial Day.

I hope you’ll smile along with me as I thank reviewer Amy Hopkins for “getting it” and sharing her enthusiasm for Liv’s Journey.

Pick up a copy of Liv’s Journey at Blushing Books or Amazon. And while you’re there, you might want to also get book 2 of the Journey series, Ace-High Flush (Blushing Books or Amazon).

The blurb for Liv’s Journey goes like this:

Liv Aune loves to eat, and she hates to eat. In her recent past, she was a runway supermodel and now showcases plus-sized clothing. She knows she’s healthier, but the habits of a lifetime of being a size zero are hard to break. On a shoot at a private ranch in Texas, Liz meets Trey Journey.

Trey grew up on his family’s Texas ranch, but went into the military and has been successful there. He’d like a family, but after several tours in Afghanistan, he believes it unfair to inflict his dangerous lifestyle on a wife and kids. Plus, he has very specific ideas about a touchy subject: spanking. He wants it in his relationships, both for sexy fun and – occasionally – to make a very real and necessary point. He’s just about given up on finding someone – ever.

When he meets Liv, he’s torn. She needs his help and he’s not afraid to use corporal discipline to aid her through her tough inner struggles. She is curious about it and doesn’t know if she should accept it, or run away screaming. Then, just as their relationship is getting past its tentative start, a catastrophe occurs: a hovering paparazzo snaps a photo of her being bare-bottom spanked by Trey in a semi-public place. If the photo is released, as the photographer-turned-blackmailer threatens, it could end Liv’s career; Trey’s and Liv’s disagreements about how to handle the blackmail could also end the relationship.

Each wants something permanent and abiding, but neither believes they are right for the other person. They have to find their balancing point, the place where spanking discipline meets spanking pleasure, a metaphor for their fragile love.

Book Review: Double Occupancy by Elaine Raco Chase
Reviewed by Patricia Green

Overall Rating: 4/5 Buy it, you’ll love it.

Heat Rating: 4/5 Hot but not super-graphic.

Click here to buy from Amazon.

Leggy star reporter Casey is burned out by her high-stress job and looking for a break. She has emotional issues that keep her off the dating market, so there isn’t much romance in her life–until she quits her job and goes to Mexico for a working sabbatical to write her Great American Novel. There, she meets Travis, who sweeps her off her feet in a strong, unassuming, non-arrogant way. It’s hard not to like Travis, who is sweet and sensitive, but also vital and virile.

Casey’s insecurities could wreck their burgeoning relationship; making a commitment is just too scary for her. To complicate matters even more, Travis is keeping a secret that could kill the whole deal.

Double Occupancy is a book with solid characters and lots of humor. Casey and Travis were realistic, with emotional hurdles to leap, but a path to get together. Their encounters are super-romantic, tender and yet sensual.

I recommend this book to people who aren’t looking for Tab A fits into Slot B type eroticism, but want something more romantic and emotionally effective. If you like romance, you’ll thoroughly enjoy Double Occupancy.

Why 4/5? I was looking for something more graphic, though romantic. It’s a hard mix to brew. Elaine has the romantic and sensual down to a T. I would definitely recommend it to readers of romance of any type.