Thursday, July 1, 2010

Take You to Another World Contest Day #11: Shayla Black


Most of you know Shayla's a friend of mine, and judging from the response to her erotic suspense, Delicious, you know she's a really good writer as well. Today, she's here to talk about Entice Me at Twilight, book four in her Paranormal Doomsday Brethren series, and if you haven't tried this series yet, you're seriously missing out. Leave a comment below for a chance to win Possess Me at Midnight, book three in the series.

Blurb
In national bestselling author Shayla Black’s electrifying new novel, the Doomsday Brethren fight their mortal enemy for the newest weapon in a bloody magical war: the only woman a magical warrior shouldn’t claim…and the one he can’t resist.

Dangerously handsome Simon Northam, Duke of Hurstgrove, and his uptight barrister brother hardly get along, but crashing Mason’s wedding and stealing his fiancĂ©e take sibling rivalry to a new level. Duke’s family knows nothing of his magical prowess or the Doomsday Brethren, so how can he explain that mankind’s fate lies with the beautiful, tenacious bride he longs to seduce for himself?

Felicia is an Untouchable, a rare human whose presence disables magic—even the impenetrable forces surrounding Morganna le Fay’s tomb. The evil witch’s malicious powers could propel nefarious wizard Mathias to ultimate world domination . . . if he can resurrect her. To conceal herself, Felicia must heed her simmering desires to mate with Duke, but he risks binding his life—and sanity—to a lover whose loyalty may be forever torn. He faces a terrible choice: betray his brother for ultimate survival . . . or lose the woman who tempts him beyond control.Excerpt
Duke had walked perhaps twenty meters down the corridor when the flock of young beauties darted for him again. He groaned. Not now…


Excerpt
Through the window behind him, a flash bulb went off. Paparazzi, damn them. Duke had little doubt these images would appear on some tabloid or another come morning.
At his side, Ice chuckled. “Right hell to be so popular. Are these the same girls who surrounded you earlier?”
“I think.” He hadn’t looked that closely.
Searching for a gentle but insistent way to throw them off, Duke said, “Ladies, there will be plenty of time after the—”
One pressed her lips to his, cutting him off in mid-sentence. Another stepped behind him and wrapped her arms around his middle, then whispered exactly what she’d like to do to him if only they had a bit of privacy—and she wasn’t shy. The rest swarmed around, not allowing him an inch of air.
Bloody hell! Not that he hadn’t experienced such unladylike behavior before, but at his brother’s wedding, steps outside the chapel?
As he tried to jerk free, someone shoved the women aside with a feminine growl, then grabbed him by the arm and whirled him around. Felicia, in white lace, surrounded by a halo of golden curls. And she looked furious.
“Every time I see you, you’ve surrounded yourself with panting women. Are you mad or simply unable to control your libido for a few minutes? I’m attempting to have an important conversation and your behavior is disruptive. I don’t know how your mother or brother abide this.”

She sent a severe scowl to the women still hovering about, trying to gain his attention. “You all have seats somewhere. Find them!”
The women backed away—though not happily. At the moment, Duke could have kissed her for freeing him. Hell, he wanted to kiss her anyway. Deeply. Lips, tongues, clothes dropping to the floor as he lowered her to the bed…
No, I must not think that about Mason’s bride.
“You will not embarrass Mason or your mother this way,” Felicia vowed in a low-voiced breath. “This stops now, or I’ll throw you out myself.”

Too bad Duke was too distracted by the fact that, this close, he could see the glistening of Felicia’s pouty red lips under their gloss…and right down the front of her gown to the sweet swells of her breasts. Heat ripped through his blood. Need compelled him. Grab her. Take her. Possess her. The words were a chant in his brain, loud and getting louder until he could scarcely remember why he was resisting.
Honor. Family harmony.
Damn it. He sighed.
Felicia gripped his elbow tighter and pursed her plump lips in displeasure. Bloody hell, she smelled like gardenia and female. Duke only got harder. Blast it, he hoped his dinner jacket covered that. Somehow, he had to keep his hands to himself…
Question of the Day: I love couples whose chemistry literally sizzles on the page and work really hard to write those kinds of relationships in my own books as well. So I thought I'd ask what some of your favorite couples are from romance novels: Some of my favorites are Ranger and Stephanie (Evanovich), Adam and Mercy (Briggs) and Blue and Dean (SEP). Leave a comment for a chance to win Possess Me at Midnight.

42 comments:

  1. Edward&Bela from Twilight, Alex Markov & Daisy Devreaux from Kiss an Angel by SEP

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  2. I love Shayla's Doomsday Brethren and I can't wait for this new book!

    My favorite couples....Dylan and Phoebe from Tessa Adams!:) Jessie and Diaz from Jaci Burton, Adam, Ryan, Ethan and Holly from Maya Banks....

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  3. Cat and Bones and Mercy and Adam

    Froggy

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  4. I have so my favorite couples but Eve and Rourke, Mira and Danaus, Claire and Shane, Kate and Cullen, and Elena and Rapheal are some of my favorite.

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  5. Shayla has written some of my all-time favorite couples! I especially loved the chemistry between Kimber & Jesse in 'Decadent', and Morgan & Jack in 'Wicked Ties'. Makes me want to go back and read both books again!

    ~Lindy

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  6. My favourite romance coupels are also the ones that sizzle (or combust ;-p). Kate and Curran from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews are a great pair, love their bantering!

    I still have the Mercy Thompson series on my shelf waiting for me to read them, so can't say about Mercy and any of the men. yet!

    Thank you!

    stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com

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  7. I also enjoy Stephanie and Ranger! tWarner419@aol.com

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  8. I love Shayla and I already have Posses Me so please enter someone else in.

    I love Marrok and Olivia, Jamie and Claire Fraser, Wrath and Beth, Sera & Ash & Brandt, Serana and Damon Roche, Morgan and Jack, Stephanie and Ranger...oh my! My list could go on and on. So many author pairs to choose from!

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  9. Has to be Eve & Rourke. My all time favorites. They just have it all round.

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  10. I agree with others who have said Ranger/Stephanie. I also like Eric/Sookie and from Ward's BDB V/Butch--now there's a really great couple.

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  11. Eve and Rourke has to be my favorite, too. After all those books, the romance is still fresh and the chemistry is amazing.

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  12. I love Jeaniene Frost's Cat & Bones, and Keri Arthur's Riley & Quinn.

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  13. There are so many good ones. I few of my favorites are Eve and Roarke, Adam and Mercy, Kate and Curran, and Cat and Bones.

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  14. Rachel Gibson's Ty and Faith and Cindy Gerard's Gabe and Jenna.

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  15. I have so many favorites!! Cat and Bones, Kate and Curran, Marcy and Adam. I have many more but I will stop their for now. I could go on forever.

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  16. Elena and Raphael (Nalini Singh) are one of my favorites!
    greetings, Chris

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  17. Hm... Sebastian and Evie from Devil in Winter are one favorite--I love how completely devoted to her he ends up being :) Jake and Poppy in Sarah Mayberry's Her Secret Fling are a very fun couple, too!

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  18. I'd have to say Kevin & Serena from your book, Full Exposure, were hot(always said it sizzles & it's not the bayou weather). Vic & Niall from Wicked Burn by Beth Kery. Drake & Grace from Dangerous Passions from Lisa Marie Rice.

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  19. Andi and Tristan from Cindy Miles' Spirited Away, Heather and Jean-Luc from Kerrelyn Sparks' The Undead Next Door, Grace and Darius from Gena Showalter's Heart of the Dragon, and NĂ©omi and Conrad from Kresley Cole's Dark Needs at Night's Edge.

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  20. I love Claire and Jamie (Gabaldon), Wrath and Beth (Ward), and Natasha, Darian and Xavier!

    Thanks,
    Tracey D

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  21. Eve and Roarke are my all time favorites. They just sizzle on the pages.

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  22. My all-time favorite couple is Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. I, also, really like Acheron and Tory, Lord Ian MacKenzie and Beth, and Dain and Jessica.

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  23. Like so many others I have to say my all time favorite couple is Eve and Roarke. The love is always apparent in those books.

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  24. Dante and Heather from Adrian Phoenix's Makers Song series are my current favorite.

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  25. Jessie and Diaz from Jaci Burton
    Morgan & Jack from 'Wicked Ties
    Jamie and Claire from Outlander
    Jack and Keely from All Jacked Up
    Liz and Steve from Wilde Thing
    Nathan and Bella from Wild Card

    Just to name a few :) I've really enjoyed the Doomsday Brethren series and can't wait to read Entice Me.

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  26. Melinda & Jack (Robyn Carr),Sage & Harlan (Sandra Brown), Gracie & Jason (Diana Palmer),Dylan & Kristy (Linda Lael Miller)

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  27. Shayla rocks! one of my fav couples is Ice and Sabelle. Zsadist and Bella (Black Dagger Brotherhood top the list followed by Tegan and Elise (midnight breed)!

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  28. Eve Dallas and Roark from JD Robb's Death Series and Stephanie and Ranger.

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  29. Anya and Lucien (Gena Showalter), Gideon and Scarlet (Gena Showalter), and Xhex and John (J.R. Ward)

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  30. Eve Dallas and Roarke from J D Robb's In Death series I have read all of this series and re read and still to this day cannot figure out how they make it as a couple but they do!

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  31. I love Mercy and Adam but my favorite couple ever is Cat and Bones (Frost).

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  32. Elijiah & Siena (Jacki Frank's Nightdwellers)
    Magnus & Dae (Jacki Frank's Shadowdwellers)

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  33. Bella and Edward from Twilight. Bill and Sookie from Sookie Stackhouse books.
    Sue B

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  34. So many hot couples out there but when it comes to chemistry, my favorites are Eve/Roarke, Cat/Bones, and Kate/Curran. Sizzling just doesn't even begin to describe them. Also an honorable mention to Sookie/Eric - two characters who really shouldn't be together but just can't seem to stay apart.

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  35. Acheron and Tory Sherrilyn Kenyon
    Anita and Jean Claude Laurell K Hamilton
    John Matthew and Xhex J.R. Ward
    Kitty and Ben Carrie Vaughn
    Colt and India Lorelei James
    Zac and Jessica Cherise Sinclair

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  36. cat and bones, mercy and adam, charles and anna

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  37. Diana Gabaldon: Jamie & Claire. I can't get enough.

    marypres@gmail.com

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  38. Omg it is so funny you mention Stephanie and Ranger.. or Joe... hell I would take either one of them!!!! Thanks for always having great contests!!!!
    Please count me in!!!

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  39. I love Gregori and Savannah from Christine Feehan's dark series. That couple is hot as sin.

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  40. I love Joanne and David (Rachel Caine) - another favorite couple is Jaz Parks and Val :)

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  41. I alway slove the couple I am with currently but Emma and Max from Dana Marie Bell's Wallflower have stuck with me,

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  42. JD Robb's Eve Dallas & Roarke are a favorite of mine.


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