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Tainted Cover Reveal by Christina Phillips

8/23/2013

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Christina loves writing dark tales of tough, sexy warriors who are brought to their knees by their heroines. A mystical touch of fantasy or paranormal usually weaves its way through her
stories, although strangely enough this wasn’t her intention when she first
starting writing her Roman/Druid romances. But when ancient gods and goddesses
get involved, it’s best just to go with the flow.

She is published by Ellora’s Cave and Berkley Heat and has dipped her toe in the indie pub waters. She is a member of the Romance Writers of Australia, Romance Writers of America, the
DarkSide Down Under Group Blog and Historical Hearts Group Blog.

Christina is an ex-pat Brit who now lives in sunny Western Australiawith her family. She is also
owned by three gorgeous cats who are convinced the universe revolves around
their needs. They are not wrong.


Blurb

A dangerous love that Rome will never allow…


Driven by the knowledge he failed to protect his king and embittered at losing the
woman he loves, Celtic warrior Gawain despises the lust he feels for the
beautiful Roman patrician, Antonia. She is everything he’s never wanted in a
woman, yet she ignites his passion like no other. Despite the danger of
discovery he embarks on an illicit liaison with her, determined to uncover the
reason for the infinite sorrow that haunts her eyes.

Newly arrived in Britannia from Rome, Antonia is inexplicably drawn to the cold, tough
Celt whose touch stirs a desire she long thought died at the hands of her brutal
former husband. With Gawain she learns the pleasure of sex and his unexpected
tenderness thaws her frozen heart. But she hides a deadly secret that could be
her undoing, and knows her growing feelings for him can lead nowhere. Yet when a
shadow from her past threatens her future Antonia is torn between the Empire of
her birth and betraying Gawain, the man she’s grown to love.

Inside Scoop:
This medieval romance dabbles a wee bit in the paranormal.

A Romantica®
historical erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

Read Chapter One of Tainted

ISBN:9781419940734

Release date: 28th August 2013

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Author Tory Richards - Bishop's Angel

8/2/2013

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Hi folks!

I’m so happy to be here! July 15th marked the release of my 20th ebook, Bishop’s
Angel. When my first book became published in 2005 I never dreamed that I would reach this milestone. I don’t believe it’s a goal any writer sets, as who knows what life will bring, or
what kind of distractions get in the way. During the years that followed 2005
I’ve had a best seller, attended the 2009 Romantic Times Book Lovers
Convention, bought and sold several homes, traveled to Europe, experienced the joy of becoming a grandmother twice, lost my mom and hubby, retired from Disney, and moved in with my daughter and her family.

Even though Bishop’s Angel is book #20 for me, I have two other books coming out this year. My next one is Burning Hunger, book #3 in a trilogy I hadn’t really planned. It began with A Perfect Fit, and continued into a second book, Surrender to Desire. Too many readers had written me after reading A Perfect Fit, asking for stories on the other two brothers in book one. If you haven’t read any of the stand alone, erotic romances, the Evans brothers, Beau, Blade and Chaz,
are triplets. The heroines in the first two books are ladies with curves.

My first paranormal, The Mating Ritual should also be out later in the year. But I’m here to talk about Bishop’s Angel today, which I’m proud to say is on the All Romance Ebooks bestsellers list! I hope you enjoy the blurb and excerpt below.

Bishop’s Angel

Blurb
– After ten years of sacrificing everything for his country as a Navy SEAL, Bishop is
looking for salvation, and a little something more permanent in his life. Angel,
a pretty kindergarten teacher, thinks she's just what he needs. Their chemistry
is instant, and explosive, only Bishop has trouble letting go of his commitment
to his country. It's up to Angel to prove there's room for her in his
future.

Excerpt –

“The police are on the way, ma’am. Where is the intruder now?” the operator asked.

Angel listened for a moment. “He’s still in the kitchen.”

“Is the intruder male?”

“No, no!” Angel said, and then quickly lowered her voice when she realized she’d spoken too loud. “I don’t know if it’s a woman or a man.” She’d been too afraid to look when she had the chance.
Movement coming from the kitchen told her the intruder was still there, but for how long? She was crouched at the end of the couch, too afraid to turn around, frightened that at any moment she would be discovered. “Please hurry!”

“They’re on their way. Stay calm and—”

“I think he’s in the room with me!” Angel’s eyes rounded with fear when she sensed
someone moving up behind her.

“Ma’am stay on—”

Angel knew the intruder was behind her now. She stood up, whipped around and slammed her
phone into the side of his head with a piercing scream. All she could make out was a tall, dark outline.

“What the—” a male voice boomed.

Angel let out another scream and slammed her hands against a massive chest, shoving him away from her as hard as she could. Her only thought was making it back upstairs to the safety of her room
until the police arrived, but the second her palms landed on the man’s rock-hard chest she knew she was in trouble. He stumbled back but she had a feeling it was due more to her catching him by surprise than the force of her push.

She scooted around him but suddenly his hands were on her, and for a moment they struggled against each other. Angel was hyped up on adrenaline and a strong sense of survival, and she used her nails and teeth on the naked arms and powerful hands trying to subdue her. It gained
her enough freedom to make it to the stairs but halfway up she found her ankle being grabbed, she fell, and then she was pinned beneath a heavy weight.

“No!” she cried out, struggling wildly against him. But she was no match for his superior strength and the honed muscles she felt beneath her hands. In no time his hands had wrapped around her
wrists, and she was pinned against the stairs.

“Who the hell are you?” he demanded, his face too close to hers.

“Who the hell are you?”

Angel demanded right back, twisting beneath him. It was then she felt cool air in places that she shouldn’t, reminding her that all she had on was a thin night-shirt and a pair of bikini panties. Judging by the super hard pecks she felt pressed against her breasts, her shirt had come undone, too. An insane thought crossed her mind, why he wasn’t wearing a shirt. She wiggled wildly, unintentionally scraping her nipples across his flesh.

“Stop before you get hurt!” he growled. In an effort to subdue her he pressed his body against hers.

“Then get off me!” Angel hissed, arching her body in an effort to throw him off her. His muscled thighs and powerful legs flexed against hers, easily holding hers still.

“Not until you tell me who you are,” he grated in a rough voice.

His warm breath slapped her in the face. “I live here,” Angel said without hesitation, glaring up into his shadowed face. She was aware there was no way he could see her because it was too dark.

“The hell you do.”

How did he know that? “The police are on their way so I suggest you let me up and get out of here.” Her energy was beginning to wane. He was too strong and big, and the longer they remained like
that, the more she began to feel uncomfortable with their intimate proximity.

“Good. Then we can get to the bottom of this.”

That wasn’t the kind of response an intruder would make if he were caught in someone else’s house. Maybe he was delusional or something. Angel decided to switch tactics. “These stairs are
hurting me,” she said weakly.

Things grew still between them and she sensed his silent contemplation, as if he were wondering if he should believe her. She whimpered a little for good measure.

“Okay, I’m going to let you up, but don’t try anything stupid,” he warned.

The second he released her and lifted off her body, Angel got to her feet and dashed the rest of the way up the stairs.

“Son of a bitch!” he cursed behind her.

Angel slammed and locked her bedroom door in his face. She didn’t know what she hoped to accomplish, except to get away from him until the police arrived. What was taking them so long? She ran to one of the windows and opened it. Maybe she could push out a screen and--

Without warning her bedroom door was kicked in. She screamed and made a beeline for her connecting bathroom.

“Oh, no, you don’t.”

A muscular arm wrapped around Angel’s waist and she was lifted off her feet. “Let me go!” She wiggled and kicked, very much aware that her butt was against a very intimate part of his body. Burning heat replaced the fear flowing through her blood because his cock wasn’t as
flaccid as it should have been.

“Look,” he slammed her down onto the bed and for the second time she found herself pinned beneath his superior strength. “Before this goes any further I think we need to talk.”

“You can talk to the police,” she panted, twisting beneath him.

“I intend to,” he said without hesitation. There was a confidence in his tone that surprised
her.

Without warning he reached up and turned on the reading light at the head of the bed. How
did he know that was there? Meeting eyes the color of blue topaz, everything
in Angel froze, including her breath. Oh God, I know those eyes! She didn’t know the man personally, but she knew of him from the pictures on the fireplace mantle downstairs. He was Diana’s older
brother, and Navy SEAL Bishop Strong. Suddenly everything made perfect sense.

After six years, he’d finally come home!

Buy links

Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/336099

Amazon -http://www.amazon.com/Bishops-Angel-ebook/dp/B00DXNKY66/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374500638&sr=1-6

Thank you for having me today!

Tory –www.toryrichards.com

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